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LOK SABHA ELECTIONS 2019

NOTA Votes Polled

(PC WISE) Legacy Information

Legal Provisions/ Guidelines The provision for NOTA was made during elections to State Legislative
Assemblies of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, NCT of Delhi

Ħ In its judgment dated 27 September 2013 in writ petition (C) No. 161 of and Rajasthan in 2013 and continued thereafter in all Legislative Assembly
2004, the Supreme Court directed that there should be a “None of the Above” elections and the General Elections to Lok Sabha.
(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 Fact
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. The vote share of NOTA in 2019 elections was 1.06%. While Bihar recorded
the highest percentage of NOTA vote share of 2.0%, Nagaland recorded the
T35.1 Highest NOTA Votes polled over Total Votes in 2019 (PC wise) least NOTA vote share of 0.20% of the total votes polled in states respectively.
A total of 6522772 NOTA votes were polled during 2019 elections across
PC Name State/UT NOTA Votes the country. Of these, 22272 votes were postal ballots.

Gopalganj (SC) Bihar 51,660
T35.2 Lowest NOTA Votes polled over Total Votes in 2019 (PC wise)
Aruku Andhra Pradesh 47,977
Paschim Champaran Bihar 45,699 PC Name State/UT NOTA Votes
Nabarangpur Odisha 44,582 Belgaum Karnataka 3,233
Bastar Chhattisgarh 41,667 Kurukshetra Haryana 3,198
Jamui (SC) Bihar 39,496 Davanagere Karnataka 3,098
Madhepura Bihar 38,450 Rohtak Haryana 3,001
Koraput Odisha 36,561 Hisar Haryana 2,957
Dadra And Nagar Haveli Dadra & Nagar Haveli 2,950
Ratlam Madhya Pradesh 35,431
Rewa Madhya Pradesh 2,891
Samastipur (SC) Bihar 35,417
Outer Manipur Manipur 2,775
Nawada Bihar 35,147
Satna Madhya Pradesh 2,644
Anakapalli Andhra Pradesh 34,897
Jammu Jammu & Kashmir 2,618
Valmiki Nagar Bihar 34,338
Inner Manipur Manipur 2,614
Chhota Udaipur Gujarat 32,868
Mizoram Mizoram 2,509
Mandla Madhya Pradesh 32,240 Beed Maharashtra 2,500
Dahod Gujarat 31,936 Dhule Maharashtra 2,475
Bhagalpur Bihar 31,567 Sonipat Haryana 2,464
Kodarma Jharkhand 31,164 Jaunpur Uttar Pradesh 2,441
Gaya (SC) Bihar 30,030 Sikkim Sikkim 2,279
Banswara Rajasthan 29,962 Wayanad Kerala 2,155

Vizianagaram Andhra Pradesh 29,501 Morena Madhya Pradesh 2,098
Palghar Maharashtra 29,479 Nagaland Nagaland 2,064
Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Haryana 2,041
Sarguja Chhattisgarh 29,265
Nizamabad Telangana 2,031
Saran Bihar 28,286
Bidar Karnataka 1,948
Udaipur Rajasthan 28,179
Arunachal West Arunachal Pradesh 1,889
Jahanabad Bihar 27,683
Srinagar Jammu & Kashmir 1,566
Kanker Chhattisgarh 26,713
Daman & Diu Daman & Diu 1,487
Tirupati Andhra Pradesh 25,781
Andaman & Nicobar Islands Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1,412
Srikakulam Andhra Pradesh 25,545 Anantnag Jammu & Kashmir 937
Hajipur (SC) Bihar 25,256 Ladakh Jammu & Kashmir 922
Gadchiroli-Chimur Maharashtra 24,599 Lakshadweep Lakshadweep 100

Percentage Of NOTA Votes Polled Over Total Votes

(PC WISE)

T35.3 Highest Percentage of NOTA Votes Polled Over Total Votes T35.4 Lowest Percentage of NOTA Votes Polled Over Total Votes

% Votes to NOTA out of % Votes to NOTA out of
PC Name State/UT PC Name State/UT
total Votes Polled total Votes Polled
Gopalganj (SC) Bihar 5.034 Bidar Karnataka 0.174

Bastar Chhattisgarh 4.559 Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Haryana 0.175
Paschim Champaran Bihar 4.509 Jammu Jammu & Kashmir 0.18

Aruku Andhra Pradesh 4.449 Morena Madhya Pradesh 0.184
Jamui (SC) Bihar 4.159 Beed Maharashtra 0.184

Nabarangpur Odisha 3.837 Nizamabad Telangana 0.191
Nawada Bihar 3.720 Wayanad Kerala 0.191

Samastipur (SC) Bihar 3.473 Nagaland Nagaland 0.197
Koraput Odisha 3.383 Lakshadweep Lakshadweep 0.204
Jahanabad Bihar 3.366 Sonipat Haryana 0.212

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