The share of not one of the above (NOTA) choice went up marginally this time within the Bihar Meeting polls as in comparison with the final elections however continues to be a lot decrease than 2015, knowledge shared by the Election Fee exhibits. Picture Credit score: The Hindu
The share of not one of the above (NOTA) choice went up marginally this time within the Bihar Meeting polls as in comparison with the final elections however continues to be a lot decrease than 2015, knowledge shared by the Election Fee exhibits.
After two-phased election held on November 6 and 11, votes are being counted on Friday (November 14, 2025). The NDA was set to brush the Bihar Meeting polls, surging forward in near 200 out of the full 243 seats, with the BJP rising as the one largest get together with almost 95% strike price.
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The Mahagathbandhan, which incorporates the RJD, the Congress and three Left events, was struggling to cross the 35-seat mark.
In line with the most recent figures, 1.81% or 6,65,870 of the full votes polled went to the NOTA choice on digital voting machines (EVMs) when voting happened for the 243-member Home.
Bihar has an voters of over 7.45 crore. With 66.91% voter turnout, it was the very best for the reason that first Bihar elections in 1951. As many as 3.51 electors turned up at polling stations to forged their vote. Bihar recorded the very best feminine voter turnout in its historical past In 2020, about 7,06,252 individuals selected the NOTA choice within the meeting election, which labored out to 1.68% of the full votes polled.
The quantity of people that had chosen NOTA in 2015 was 9.4 lakh out of three.8 crore individuals who voted, which involves 2.48%.
The NOTA choice had recorded its lowest proportion share within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Launched in 2013, the NOTA choice on EVMs has its personal image — a poll paper with a black cross throughout it. The EC added the NOTA button on EVMs because the final choice on the voting panel after a September 2013 Supreme Court docket order.
Earlier than the apex courtroom’s order, these not inclined to vote for any candidate had the choice of filling what’s popularly referred to as Type 49-O. However filling out the shape on the polling station underneath Rule 49-O of the Conduct of Elections Guidelines, 1961, compromised the secrecy of the voter.
The Supreme Court docket had, nonetheless, refused to direct the EC to carry contemporary polls if the vast majority of the voters exercised the NOTA choice whereas voting.
Printed – November 14, 2025 06:05 pm IST