Nota Option

BJP's Shankar Lalwani on Tuesday won the Indore Lok Sabha seat by a margin of more than 11 lakh votes in a contest that also witnessed the NOTA (none of the above) option creating a record.

Over 1.38 lakh people in Madhya Pradesh's Indore parliamentary constituency pressed the None Of The Above (NOTA) option, according to the latest trends.

The Congress accused the ruling BJP government in Madhya Pradesh of stopping it from publicising the None Of The Above (NOTA) option in Indore, where polling was held on Monday in the fourth and final phase of the general elections in the state.

Jolted by its Indore Lok Sabha candidate withdrawing its nomination and then rubbing salt in its wounds by joining the BJP, the Congress is now banking on the NOTA - none of the above - option to "teach a lesson" to the ruling party.

Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Sunday said the Congress' call to voters to select the NOTA option in Indore won't have any impact and the saffron nominee will win the May 13 elections by a margin of over 8 lakh votes.

The Congress, ejected from the contest after its Indore candidate joined the BJP, is appealing to voters to press the 'None Of The Above' (NOTA) option, a move slammed by the ruling party as negative tactics.

The counting of votes in three out of four states on Sunday showed that less than one per cent of the voters exercised the 'none of the above' (NOTA) option in the just-concluded assembly polls, according to the election commission.

The NOTA option was introduced to the voter in 2013.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Bagel on Saturday said that the NOTA option, for citizens who are not inclined to vote for any candidate, on the electronic voting machines should be scrapped.

The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray party on Tuesday alleged that voters were being paid to choose None Of The Above or NOTA option in the November 3 Andheri East Assembly byelection in the city.

About 1.29 crore votes were cast for NOTA option in the last five years in state and general elections, poll rights body ADR said today.

The constituencies that recently went to bypolls in Madhya Pradesh had an unexpected runner-up. NOTA (None of The Above) was the third most-polled option in two Assembly constituencies while in one seat, it was the fourth most-voted alternative.

A little over seven lakh voters in Bihar used the 'none of the above' or NOTA option in the assembly elections, according to the Election Commission.

The percentage of voters punching in None of the Above or NOTA option in recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections has seen a rise compared to the 2014 polls.

Altogether 1,78,353 voters exercised the "None of The Above" option in the Assam Lok Sabha polls, which is 31,296 more than the NOTA figure in the last elections.

BJP's Shankar Lalwani on Tuesday won the Indore Lok Sabha seat by a margin of more than 11 lakh votes in a contest that also witnessed the NOTA (none of the above) option creating a record.

Over 1.38 lakh people in Madhya Pradesh's Indore parliamentary constituency pressed the None Of The Above (NOTA) option, according to the latest trends.

The Congress accused the ruling BJP government in Madhya Pradesh of stopping it from publicising the None Of The Above (NOTA) option in Indore, where polling was held on Monday in the fourth and final phase of the general elections in the state.

Jolted by its Indore Lok Sabha candidate withdrawing its nomination and then rubbing salt in its wounds by joining the BJP, the Congress is now banking on the NOTA - none of the above - option to "teach a lesson" to the ruling party.

Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Sunday said the Congress' call to voters to select the NOTA option in Indore won't have any impact and the saffron nominee will win the May 13 elections by a margin of over 8 lakh votes.

The Congress, ejected from the contest after its Indore candidate joined the BJP, is appealing to voters to press the 'None Of The Above' (NOTA) option, a move slammed by the ruling party as negative tactics.

The counting of votes in three out of four states on Sunday showed that less than one per cent of the voters exercised the 'none of the above' (NOTA) option in the just-concluded assembly polls, according to the election commission.

The NOTA option was introduced to the voter in 2013.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Bagel on Saturday said that the NOTA option, for citizens who are not inclined to vote for any candidate, on the electronic voting machines should be scrapped.

The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray party on Tuesday alleged that voters were being paid to choose None Of The Above or NOTA option in the November 3 Andheri East Assembly byelection in the city.

About 1.29 crore votes were cast for NOTA option in the last five years in state and general elections, poll rights body ADR said today.

The constituencies that recently went to bypolls in Madhya Pradesh had an unexpected runner-up. NOTA (None of The Above) was the third most-polled option in two Assembly constituencies while in one seat, it was the fourth most-voted alternative.

A little over seven lakh voters in Bihar used the 'none of the above' or NOTA option in the assembly elections, according to the Election Commission.

The percentage of voters punching in None of the Above or NOTA option in recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections has seen a rise compared to the 2014 polls.

Altogether 1,78,353 voters exercised the "None of The Above" option in the Assam Lok Sabha polls, which is 31,296 more than the NOTA figure in the last elections.