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

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NOTA votes
63,65,371
2024 · 540 contests
NOTA share
0.99%
Of total votes polled
Highest NOTA seat
8.7%
Indore
Total NOTA votes
63,65,371
Across all Lok Sabha seats, 2024
Vs previous
-0.08pp
From 1.06% in 2019

[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, 2024
Indore 8.7% · 2,18,674 votesShankar Lalwani (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Madhya Pradesh
Aruku 3.2% · 50,470 votesGumma Thanuja Rani (Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party) · Andhra Pradesh
Nabarangpur 2.9% · 43,268 votesBalabhadra Majhi (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Odisha
Koraput 2.5% · 37,131 votesSaptagiri Sankar Ulaka (Indian National Congress) · Odisha
Bastar 2.5% · 36,758 votesMahesh Kashyap (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Chhattisgarh
Gopalganj 2.1% · 42,863 votesDr. Alok Kumar Suman (Janata Dal (united)) · Bihar
Hajipur 1.9% · 36,927 votesChirag Paswan (Lok Janshakti Party(ram Vilas)) · Bihar
Banka 1.9% · 34,889 votesGiridhari Yadav (Janata Dal (united)) · Bihar
Dibrugarh 1.9% · 32,255 votesSarbananda Sonowal (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Assam
Kodarma 1.9% · 42,152 votesAnnpurna Devi (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 2024, Indore polled the highest NOTA at 8.7% (2,18,674 votes) — won by Shankar Lalwani (Bharatiya Janta Party).

    8.7% NOTA in Indore

  4. A total of 63,65,371 voters chose NOTA in 2024 across 540 contests — 0.99% of all votes.

    63,65,371 NOTA votes in 2024
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