NOTA Votes | 07 Jun 2024

In the recent general elections, Indore registered the highest-ever NOTA (none of the above) votes in the country at 2,18,674.

The NOTA option garnered 16.28% of the total vote cast in the Indore Lok Sabha seat.
- A total of 5,33,705 voters pressed the NOTA (none of the above) option nationally, with the highest number of 2,18,674 such votes being registered in the Indore seat.
- The 25.27 lakh eligible voters in Indore, 61.75% exercised their franchise. Of them, 13,43,294 ballots were found valid. Of it, 16.28% of the votes went to NOTA. In 2019, Indore recorded a 69% turnout with 5,045 voters opting for NOTA.
According to a former Chief Election Commissioner, NOTA has a “symbolic” impact and if it gets more than 50% votes in a seat, only then making it legally effective on election results could be considered.

The NOTA option was introduced for the first time in the general elections in 2014.
NOTA has no legal consequence attached to it as even if the highest number of votes in a seat are polled for NOTA, the second most successful candidate wins.
- In Haryana, NOTA has been treated as a fictional candidate.