NOTA Outperforms SP, AAP, NCP Among Others In Five State Elections
NOTA votes ranged as high as 2.1 percent in Chhattisgarh to 0.5 percent in Mizoram.
The “none of the above” option appeared to have outperformed several political parties, including the Aam Aadmi Party and Samajwadi Party, which contested the assembly polls in the five states.
According to the Election Commission's website at 8 pm on Tuesday, the NOTA votes ranged as high as 2.1 percent in Chhattisgarh to 0.5 percent in Mizoram.
AAP, which fielded its candidates in 85 seats in Chhattisgarh, got 0.9 percent of votes while NOTA votes were 2.1 percent of the counted votes in the state.
Samajwadi Party and Nationalist Congress Party got 0.2 percent votes each in Chhattisgarh. The Communist Party of India got 0.3 percent votes in the state.
In Madhya Pradesh, NOTA votes were 1.5 percent of the total counted votes. Samajwadi Party and AAP got 1.01 percent and 0.7 percent of votes, respectively.
The NOTA votes in Rajasthan elections were 1.3 percent. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and SP got 1.2 percent and 0.2 percent votes, respectively.
The AAP and Rashtriya Lok Dal received 0.4 percent and 0.3 percent votes each in the state.
In Telangana, NOTA got 1.1 percent of votes while NCP got 0.1 percent of votes. The CPI(M) polled 0.4 percent votes while CPI received 0.4 percent votes.
In Mizoram, NOTA got 0.5 percent of votes while People's Represent for Identity and Status of Mizoram got 0.2 percent of votes.