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What does booth capturing and rigging mean in the elections?

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(i) Booth capturing: Supporters or hired musclemen of party or a candidate gain physical control of a polling booth and cast false votes by threatening everyone or by preventing genuine voters from reaching the polling booth.

(ii) Rigging: Fraud and malpractices indulged by a party or candidate increase his votes. It includes stuffing ballot boxes by a few persons using the votes of others; recording multiple votes of others; recording multiple votes by the same person; and bribing polling officers to favour a candidate.