NEW DELHI: Nota made its Lok Sabha ballot debut in 2014, permitting voters to reject each candidate. But so far as effects are involved, Nota has little electoral value. Even if Nota gets essentially the most votes, the candidate with the very best tally still wins. A look at the states the place Nota was once the preferred in 2014.
Nota got more than 60 lakh votes or 1.08% of the total in 2014. UP, due to its sheer dimension, had the very best Nota tally at just about 6 lakh. But that was once handiest zero.7% of its overall votes. In phrases of constituencies, Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu got the very best choice of Nota votes in 2014 at 46,559 whilst Lakshadweep got the fewest at 123.
Before Nota, voters may just cast a ‘unfavourable vote’ on a separate ballot but the Supreme Court declared the practice unconstitutional as it required
voters to reveal their identities.
NOTA MATTERED IN 23 SEATS
In 2014, Nota votes were more than the winning margin in 23 seats. Of those, Congress completed runner-up in 11 seats and BJP in 4. At three each, Karnataka and Odisha had essentially the most such seats. In Ladakh, the place the winning margin was once 36 votes, the 1,207 Nota votes can have easily swung the result. In Odisha’s Nabarangpur, Nota got 42,000 more votes than the winning margin, the very best distinction in 2014.
Nota got more than 60 lakh votes or 1.08% of the total in 2014. UP, due to its sheer dimension, had the very best Nota tally at just about 6 lakh. But that was once handiest zero.7% of its overall votes. In phrases of constituencies, Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu got the very best choice of Nota votes in 2014 at 46,559 whilst Lakshadweep got the fewest at 123.
Before Nota, voters may just cast a ‘unfavourable vote’ on a separate ballot but the Supreme Court declared the practice unconstitutional as it required
voters to reveal their identities.
NOTA MATTERED IN 23 SEATS
In 2014, Nota votes were more than the winning margin in 23 seats. Of those, Congress completed runner-up in 11 seats and BJP in 4. At three each, Karnataka and Odisha had essentially the most such seats. In Ladakh, the place the winning margin was once 36 votes, the 1,207 Nota votes can have easily swung the result. In Odisha’s Nabarangpur, Nota got 42,000 more votes than the winning margin, the very best distinction in 2014.
Nearly 60 lakh voters opted for NOTA in 2014 elections
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March 27, 2019
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