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India, Lok Sabha. NOTA data available for 3 elections (2014–2024).

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NOTA votes
60,05,188
2014 · 544 contests
NOTA share
1.08%
Of total votes polled
Highest NOTA seat
3.7%
Nilgiris
Total NOTA votes
60,05,188
Across all Lok Sabha seats, 2014
Vs previous
+0.1pp
From 0.99% in 2024

[01]NOTA share over time

NOTA as a percentage of total votes polled, each general election
  1. 2024
    0.99% · 63,65,371 votes
  2. 2019
    1.06% · 65,13,476 votes
  3. 2014
    1.08% · 60,05,188 votes

[02]Top NOTA seats

Seats with the highest NOTA share, 2014
Nilgiris 3.7% · 46,559 votesGopalakrishnan, C. (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) · Tamil Nadu
Nabarangpur 3.4% · 44,408 votesBalabhadra Majhi (Biju Janata Dal) · Odisha
Tura 3.3% · 19,185 votesPurno Agitok Sangma (National People's Party) · Meghalaya
Bastar 3.0% · 38,772 votesDinesh Kashyap (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Chhattisgarh
Koraput 2.6% · 33,232 votesJhina Hikaka (Biju Janata Dal) · Odisha
Pondicherry 2.5% · 22,268 votesR. Radhakrishnan (All India N.r. Congress) · Puducherry
Dahod 2.3% · 32,305 votesJasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Gujarat
Singhbhum 2.3% · 27,037 votesLaxman Giluwa (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Jharkhand
Kanker 2.2% · 31,917 votesVikram Dev Usendi (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Chhattisgarh
Khunti 2.1% · 23,816 votesKaria Munda (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Jharkhand

[03]All-time highest NOTA

Seats with the highest NOTA percentage across all elections
Indore 8.7% · 2024Shankar Lalwani (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Madhya Pradesh
Nilgiris 3.7% · 2014Gopalakrishnan, C. (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) · Tamil Nadu
Aruku 3.5% · 2019Goddeti. Madhavi (Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party) · Andhra Pradesh
Nabarangpur 3.4% · 2014Balabhadra Majhi (Biju Janata Dal) · Odisha
Tura 3.3% · 2014Purno Agitok Sangma (National People's Party) · Meghalaya
Nabarangpur 3.2% · 2019Ramesh Chandra Majhi (Biju Janata Dal) · Odisha
Aruku 3.2% · 2024Gumma Thanuja Rani (Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party) · Andhra Pradesh
Bastar 3.1% · 2019Deepak Baij (Indian National Congress) · Chhattisgarh
Bastar 3.0% · 2014Dinesh Kashyap (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Chhattisgarh
Nabarangpur 2.9% · 2024Balabhadra Majhi (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Odisha

[04]Computed insights

Arithmetic over the tables above, not commentary

  1. NOTA's vote share has fallen from 1.08% (2014) to 0.99% (2024) — a shift of -0.1 percentage points.

    Δ -0.1 pp over 3 elections

  2. NOTA share peaked in 2014 at 1.08% (60,05,188 votes).

    Peak: 2014 at 1.08%

  3. In 2014, Nilgiris polled the highest NOTA at 3.7% (46,559 votes) — won by Gopalakrishnan, C. (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam).

    3.7% NOTA in Nilgiris

  4. A total of 60,05,188 voters chose NOTA in 2014 across 544 contests — 1.08% of all votes.

    60,05,188 NOTA votes in 2014
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