Karu Nagarajan, the BJP candidate, got a meagre 1,417 votes in the RK Nagar bypoll. While the BJP does not have a strong presence in the state, the by-election result further embarrassed the party as more people pressed the EVM button for None of the Above (NOTA) than the saffron party's candidate. As many as 2,373 voters  in the assembly constituency chose the NOTA option.