New Delhi: The Assembly election results’ trends make it amply clear that there is no space for regional parties of other states in the national capital. In all, 10 regional political parties contested Delhi Assembly polls and none of the party managed to get even one per cent of total vote share. The candidates of […]
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Maharashtra: Ex-CM’s son Dhiraj Deshmukh ‘defeats’ NOTA!
Mumbai: In probably an unprecedented instance in the nation’s electoral history, Congress candidate Dhiraj V. Deshmukh won the Latur Rural constituency in Maharashtra, getting more votes than the ‘None Of The Above’ (NOTA) option, on Thursday. His debut poll victory for the Maharashtra legislature attracted attention as he notched the third highest victory margin of […]
15 parties got fewer votes than NOTA in 2019 polls
New Delhi: Of the 36 political parties, whose representatives were elected to the 17th Lok Sabha, 15 got fewer votes than NOTA. Many of these parties contested only a handful of seats. Introduced in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the none of the above (NOTA) option, which indicates disapproval of all the candidates in a […]
About 5.4 lakh TN voters choose NOTA
Chennai: A total of 541,150 voters, or about 1.8 per cent of the electorate, in Tamil Nadu have picked NOTA (None of the Above) in the Lok Sabha elections, according to the Election Commission. A total of 822 candidates contested the elections in Tamil Nadu which were swept by the DMK-led alliance. Published on: May 24, […]
NOTA votes exceeded victory margin in 12 Rajasthan seats
Jaipur (2 Min Read) : In 12 Assembly seats in Rajasthan, NOTA (None of the Above) garnered more votes than the margin by which candidates won the election, affecting both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In Jaipur’s Malviya Nagar seat, Congress candidate Archana Sharma lost to BJP’s Ashok Saraf, the Health Minister, […]
‘Nota’: Vijay Devarakonda shines in engaging political thriller (Review)
Film: “Nota”; Director: Anand Shankar; Cast: Vijay Devarakonda, Sathyaraj and Nassar; Rating: **** We have seen stars play the reluctant politician before. Ranbir Kapoor in Prakash Jha’s “Raajneeti” and Mahesh Babu in “Bharat Ane Nenu” were forced to take charge of their father’s political empire when a crisis beckoned them from their luxurious life abroad. […]
NOTA can’t be allowed in RS polls: SC
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that NOTA (None of the above) option cannot be allowed in the Rajya Sabha elections as it would “wholly undermine the purity of democracy”. “The option of NOTA may serve as an elixir in direct elections but in respect of election to Council of States which […]
SC reserves order on challenge to EC move for NOTA in RS polls
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on a plea challenging the Election Commission’s circulars making NOTA applicable to Rajya Sabha election as the court appeared unimpressed by the poll panel’s position on the issue. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M.Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y.Chandrachid reserved the order, observing […]
NOTA secures 1.33 crore votes in polls to Lok Sabha, Assemblies
New Delhi : ‘None of the Above’ or NOTA option on EVMs has been chosen by 1.33 crore voters in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections since it was introduced in 2013, said an election watchdog. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch, which analysed the number of votes registered under NOTA […]