1.9 per cent voters use NOTA option in MP polls

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 16:39

Over six lakh voters, accounting for 1.9 per cent of the total votes polled, preferred None Of The Above (NOTA) option instead favouring any candidate in the just concluded Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections.

Chhattisgarh polls NOTA: 3.15 per cent of total votes cast

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 00:20

It was Chhattisgarh that polled perhaps the largest number of `none of the above` (NOTA) votes to reject all candidates in recently concluded Assembly elections.

Less takers for NOTA in Delhi Assembly polls

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 19:25

The newly introduced `None of the Above Option` was barely opted by voters in Delhi Assembly polls, for which the results were declared on Sunday.

Less than one percent NOTA votes in Delhi

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 18:49

Introduced for the first time, the None of the Above (NOTA) option got over 45,600 votes, or 0.58 percent of the total votes in Delhi, the state election commission said Sunday.

Having `little expectations`, many Delhiites use `NOTA` option

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 18:38

A section of voters here chose to exercise the newly-introduced `None Of The Above Option` (NOTA) option today saying they have "little expectations" from any of the political parties engaged in the electoral battle.

Pak Hindus eager to exercise their franchise in Rajasthan polls

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 23:50

Over one lakh Pakistani Hindu migrants in Rajasthan are eager to participate in the upcoming Assembly elections and vote for the candidate of their choice.

SC dismisses plea for repoll if majority exercises NOTA option

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 13:25

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to direct the Election Commission to hold fresh polls in case the majority of the electorate exercises `None Of The Above Option` (NOTA) option recently introduced on its direction to allow voters to reject all the candidates.

Over 81% polling in Mizoram Assembly Elections

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 09:11

Balloting to elect a new government in the northeastern border state of Mizoram ended peacefully on Monday, with over 81 percent of voters exercising their franchise till 4 pm.

Gorkhas weighing NOTA option in Mizoram elections

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 10:21

Deprived of OBC status by Mizoram government and the alleged step-motherly attitude of Mizos, Gorkhas, who are one of the largest minorities in the state, are weighing the NOTA option provided by the Election Commission in the November 25 Assembly elections.

MP polls: NGOs for Gas-affected launch campaign on NOTA option

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 20:26

Various organisations working for the cause of gas-affected persons in the city on Wednesday said they have launched a campaign to educate victims of the world`s worst industrial disaster about using "NOTA" option in the upcoming elections as successive Congress and BJP governments at state and Centre have done "injustice" to them.

NOTA option in pink for Assembly polls, white during Lok Sabha elections

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 00:52

The `None Of The Above` (NOTA) option will be printed in pink on EVMs/ballot papers for the upcoming Assembly polls in five states although for the Lok Sabha elections next year, it will appear in white.