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NOTA Votes Polled (PC WISE)
General Election 2024
Legal Provisions / Guidelines
l In its judgment dated 27 September 2013 in writ petition (C) No. 161 of 2004, the Supreme Court directed that there should be a “None of the Above”
(NOTA) option on the ballot papers and EVMs. According to the directions of the Supreme Court, ECI made provision in the ballot papers/ EVMs for NOTA
option so that the voters who came to the polling stations and decided not to vote for any of the candidates in the fray, were able to exercise their right not
to vote for such candidates while maintaining the secrecy of their ballot.
Fact
Legacy Information l Total Number of NOTA Votes polled in Lok Sabha Election – 2024 was
l The provision for NOTA was made during elections to State Legislative 63,71,839 which is almost 0.99% of the Total Votes Polled in the
Assemblies of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, NCT of Delhi Elections. In 2019, the vote share of NOTA was 1.06%.
and Rajasthan in 2013 and continued thereafter in all Legislative l Out of 63,71,839 NOTA Votes polled in 2024 across the country in 542
Assembly elections and the General Elections to Lok Sabha. PCs 47,182 votes were postal ballots.
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