Madhya Pradesh setback prompted 10% reservation moveNOTA votes accounted for almost 1.5% in Madhya Pradesh, where the ultimate victory margin was 0.1%.
08 Jan, 2019, 09.12 AM IST
NOTA votes in 15 Rajasthan constituencies outscore victory marginThe Congress emerged as the single-largest party in Rajasthan in Tuesday's vote count, winning 99 seats.
12 Dec, 2018, 03.52 PM IST
Poll results in five states: NOTA outperforms SP, AAP, NCP among othersAccording to the Election Commission's website at 5.45 pm on Tuesday, the NOTA votes ranged as high as 2.1 per cent in Chhattisgarh to 0.5 ...
11 Dec, 2018, 09.57 PM IST
Chhattisgarh phase 1 polling begins battle in five statesVoting in Chhattisgarh has begun in 18 constituencies in the first phase. These include 12 constituencies in Bastar division and six in Raj...
12 Nov, 2018, 10.46 AM IST
SC seeks EC response on ‘private parties handling’ voting machinesThe petition, filed by a resident of Uttarakhand, argued that EVMs and VVPATs (voter verified paper audit trails) were handled by private p...
05 Sep, 2018, 07.25 AM IST
NOTA makes its presence feltOver 5.91 lakh voters in Uttar Pradesh chose to refuse all the candidates who were in the fray by opting Election Commission's maiden choic...
17 May, 2014, 04.56 PM IST
Elections 2014: Close to 60 lakh voters chose NOTA in LS election this timeThe maximum percentage of the electorate going for NOTA was in Puducherry, with 3 per cent of total votes polled, a total of 22,268 votes.
17 May, 2014, 03.02 PM IST
Election 2014 results: NOTA garners 1.1% of country’s total vote shareThe fourth position went to the non-extremism-hit constituency of Banswara in Rajasthan with 34,404 people exercising the NOTA option.
17 May, 2014, 12.54 PM IST
NOTA option to be available for first time across countryAnnouncing the LS poll schedule here, CEC V S Samapath said 'None of the Above' (NOTA) option will be available throughout the country.
05 Mar, 2014, 04.57 PM IST
High inclination for 'NOTA' option in tribal belts show people's raging discontent with governanceOf these 148 constituencies, 63 are in MP, 51 in Rajasthan and 34 in Chhattisgarh. Most of these fall in Maoist-affected, tribal or rural a...
10 Dec, 2013, 12.04 PM IST
Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: NOTA matches victory margin in 45 seatsIn Chhattisgarh, a total of 4.6% of voters opted for NOTA, it was 1.92% in Rajasthan, 1.9% in Madhya Pradesh and 0.63% in Delhi.
09 Dec, 2013, 01.23 PM IST
Rajasthan polls NOTA: 1.92 per cent of total votes castOnly 1.92 per cent of over three crore voters opted for the newly introduced None Of The Above (NOTA) at the Rajasthan assembly elections, ...
09 Dec, 2013, 01.59 AM IST
Assembly elections: Less than one per cent NOTA votes in DelhiThe newly introduced 'None of the Above Option' was barely opted by voters in Delhi Assembly polls, for which the results were declared tod...
08 Dec, 2013, 06.58 PM IST
Delhi Polls: Having 'little expectations', many voters use NOTA optionA section of voters here chose to exercise the newly-introduced 'None Of The Above Option' (NOTA) option in Delhi polls.
04 Dec, 2013, 05.29 PM IST
- Pakistan Hindus eager to exercise their franchise in Rajasthan polls
With issues of their rehabilitation and citizenship figuring in poll manifestos, over 1 lakh Pak Hindu migrants in Rajasthan are eager to p...
30 Nov, 2013, 10.44 PM IST
Working on introducing NOTA clause for polls in 5 states: Election CommissionThe Election Commission is working on introducing the 'None of the above' clause in the upcoming Assembly polls in five states, Director Ge...
06 Oct, 2013, 09.36 PM IST
EVMs to have option allowing voters to reject all candidates"The Election Commission is working out details and steps for introduction of NOTA option in these polls itself," Sampath told a press conf...
04 Oct, 2013, 07.41 PM IST