The Meeting Election outcomes for the 5 states, that went to the polls in February and March, have been declared on Thursday, March 10. Whereas, BJP received in 4 states together with, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa, Punjab went to the Aam Aadmi Social gathering within the latter’s maiden victory within the state.
Now, in keeping with knowledge obtainable on the Election Fee web site, almost eight lakh voters, who exercised their franchise within the 5 states which went to meeting polls, used the ‘not one of the above’ or NOTA possibility.
In Manipur, out of the full voters, 10,349 or 0.6 per cent used the NOTA possibility. Equally in Goa, 10,629 voters (1.1 per cent) used the choice.
In Uttar Pradesh, which has the utmost variety of 403 meeting seats, 621,186 voters or 0.7 per cent used the NOTA possibility. In Uttarakhand, those that pressed the NOTA button EVMs stood at 46,830 (0.9 per cent). In Punjab, 110,308 voters (0.9 per cent) went for NOTA.
The full stands at 799,302 voters in all 5 states.
The ‘NOTA’ possibility on digital voting machines, launched in 2013, has its personal image — a poll paper with a black cross throughout it.
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After the Supreme Court docket order in September 2013, the EC added the NOTA button on the EVMs because the final possibility on the voting panel.
Previous to the apex court docket order, these not inclined to vote for any candidate had the choice of registering their choice underneath Rule 49-O (elector deciding to not vote) of the Conduct of Elections Guidelines, 1961. However this compromised the secrecy of the voter.
The Supreme Court docket had, nonetheless, refused to direct the Election Fee to carry recent polls if the vast majority of the voters workouts the NOTA possibility whereas voting.
(With PTI inputs)
