MUMBAI: Independent candidates contesting the April-May Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra will have 198 symbols to choose from, up from 87 in the 2014 general elections. These symbols, comprising items of daily use, are distributed to Lok Sabha and Assembly candidates as per the Election Symbols (Reservation and Distribution)
Order 1968 in a prescribed format, an official release informed. Symbols of national and state-level parties are reserved. As per the release, the 198 symbols include various fruits, vegetables, kitchen articles and utensils, electronic items like computer, laptop, pen drive, farm implements, etc.
