New Delhi: Of the 45,554 'None of the Above' (NOTA) votes cast across seven urban seats in the Lok Sabha elections, the North-West Delhi constituency recorded the highest number of 8,984 votes, Election Commission data shows.
On this seat, BJP's Yogendra Chandolia defeated Congress's Udit Raj by 2,90,849 votes.
However, the total number of NOTA votes in this election saw a negligible decline from 45,629 in 2019 to 45,554.
The lowest number of votes on NOTA were cast in New Delhi constituency, where BJP's Bansuri Swaraj was contesting against AAP's Somnath Bharti. A total of 4,813 voters in the constituency chose this option.
The NOTA option gives voters the option to reject all the candidates in the field. It was included in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in September 2013 after the Supreme Court decision.
In Chandni Chowk constituency, where BJP's Praveen Khandelwal won with a lead of 89,325 votes, 5,563 voters opted for NOTA.
In north-east Delhi where two Purvanchali faces - BJP's Manoj Tiwari and Congress's Kanhaiya Kumar - were in a direct fight, 5,873 voters chose NOTA.
The figure was almost close in the East Delhi constituency, where 5,394 voters opted for NOTA, while 5,961 voters did the same in the South Delhi constituency.
The second highest number of NOTA votes were cast in West Delhi constituency, where 8,699 votes were polled, where AAP's Mahabal Mishra was contesting against BJP's Kamaljit Sehrawat.
Former Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat had recently described NOTA as having a "symbolic" effect and said it could be considered to have legal effect on election results only if it gets more than 50 per cent of the votes in a seat. Could.
Rawat had said that even if 99 out of 100 votes go in favor of the NOTA option and someone gets one vote, the candidate will still be victorious.
On this seat, BJP's Yogendra Chandolia defeated Congress's Udit Raj by 2,90,849 votes.
However, the total number of NOTA votes in this election saw a negligible decline from 45,629 in 2019 to 45,554.
The lowest number of votes on NOTA were cast in New Delhi constituency, where BJP's Bansuri Swaraj was contesting against AAP's Somnath Bharti. A total of 4,813 voters in the constituency chose this option.
The NOTA option gives voters the option to reject all the candidates in the field. It was included in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in September 2013 after the Supreme Court decision.
In Chandni Chowk constituency, where BJP's Praveen Khandelwal won with a lead of 89,325 votes, 5,563 voters opted for NOTA.
In north-east Delhi where two Purvanchali faces - BJP's Manoj Tiwari and Congress's Kanhaiya Kumar - were in a direct fight, 5,873 voters chose NOTA.
The figure was almost close in the East Delhi constituency, where 5,394 voters opted for NOTA, while 5,961 voters did the same in the South Delhi constituency.
The second highest number of NOTA votes were cast in West Delhi constituency, where 8,699 votes were polled, where AAP's Mahabal Mishra was contesting against BJP's Kamaljit Sehrawat.
Former Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat had recently described NOTA as having a "symbolic" effect and said it could be considered to have legal effect on election results only if it gets more than 50 per cent of the votes in a seat. Could.
Rawat had said that even if 99 out of 100 votes go in favor of the NOTA option and someone gets one vote, the candidate will still be victorious.
