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Saturday, August 16, 2025
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Topic: NOTA

Is it right to shame NOTA voters and those who won’t vote?

NOTA or none of the above is the option given to voters to reject the candidates in her/his constituency.

BJP & RSS spooked as more voters pick NOTA

ADR expects more NOTA votes in Lok Sabha elections as there is disenchantment & RSS has launched a campaign against the option.

5 reasons why Haryana municipal polls today were unlike any other

The vital civic body elections are being held in the state’s five big cities with a number of electoral innovations.

NOTA is outscoring some political heavyweights across India

NOTA has got more votes than parties such as BSP, SP & CPI(M) in some state polls, but under current laws, even a 99% NOTA vote can't defeat a candidate.

NOTA outperforms SP, AAP, NCP & others in assembly polls for five states

The None of the Above votes ranged as high as 2.1 per cent in Chhattisgarh to 0.5 per cent in Mizoram, said the Election Commission.

Supreme Court scraps NOTA option for Rajya Sabha elections

Apex court rules NOTA applicable for only direct elections, sets aside EC circular allowing option.

नोटा को नकारात्मकता न मानें

‘नोटा कोई नकारवाद नहीं बल्कि आज का राजनीतिक आदर्शवाद है. यह ‘राजनीति में नैतिकता के लिए फिर से जगह बना रहा है’

In Gujarat, NOTA got more votes than AAP

NOTA is not nihilism. It is political idealism, it is 'taking back the moral space in politics.

BJP joins Congress to say No to NOTA in Gujarat RS polls

The ruling party has urged the EC to withdraw the option saying it was acting beyond 2014 SC order. Anubhuti Vishnoi

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