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Voters being paid to choose NOTA in Andheri East bypoll: Uddhav-led Sena
The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray party on Tuesday alleged that voters were being paid to choose None Of The Above or NOTA option in the November 3 Andheri East Assembly byelection in the city. The campaigning for the byelection came to an end at 5 pm. The party has raised this issue with the Election Commission as well as the police, said its senior leader Anil Parab The election will have ramifications in the coming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election too as for the first time it will see the combined strength of Maha Vikas Aghadi allies (Thackeray-led Sena, NCP and Congress), Parab said. Some people are being paid money to choose NOTA," the former Maharashtra minister alleged. His party has video clips showing purported workers of the Republican Party of India (RPI) indulging in such acts, he said. The RPI (Athawale faction) is part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena faction has fielded Rutuja Latke, the wife of ...
 "Voters being paid to choose NOTA in Andheri East bypoll: Uddhav-led Sena")
12.9 mn votes cast for NOTA in last 5 yrs in state, general elections: ADR
About 1.29 crore votes were cast for NOTA option in the last five years in state and general elections, poll rights body ADR said on Thursday.
 "12.9 mn votes cast for NOTA in last 5 yrs in state, general elections: ADR")
6,411 candidates in fray for Odisha urban polls: State Election Commission
As many as 6,411 candidates remain in fray for Urban Local Bodies polls in Odisha scheduled on March 24 after 641 people withdrew their nominations on the last date of the process on Monday, SEC said
 "6,411 candidates in fray for Odisha urban polls: State Election Commission")
Assembly elections: Nearly 800,000 voters in five states chose NOTA option
In Uttar Pradesh, which has the maximum number of 403 assembly seats, 621,186 voters or 0.7 per cent used the NOTA option
Shiv Sena bags less votes than NOTA in Goa, UP, Manipur
The Sena, which is in power in Maharashtra in alliance with the NCP and Congress, had contested Assembly elections in these three states but drew a blank
 "Shiv Sena bags less votes than NOTA in Goa, UP, Manipur")
Battle for Uttar Pradesh: Lakhimpur Kheri farmers to use NOTA option
The farmers are yet to come to terms with the October 3 incident in which four farmers were allegedly mowed down by an SUV belonging to Union Minister Ajay Misra Teni's son Ashish Misra
 "Battle for Uttar Pradesh: Lakhimpur Kheri farmers to use NOTA option")
Haasan a 'super-NOTA'; his party will not win any seat: Karti Chidambaram
Congress leader Karti Chidambaram on Friday dubbed Kamal Haasan a "super-NOTA" and said the actor-turned-politician's Makkal Neethi Maiam (MNM) will not win a single seat
 "Haasan a 'super-NOTA'; his party will not win any seat: Karti Chidambaram")
Plea in SC to nullify election results if maximum votes in favour of NOTA
A PIL seeking directions to the Election Commission to nullify the election results and hold fresh polls if maximum votes have been polled in favour of NOTA
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Plea urges EC to nullify election results if NOTA gets most votes
A petition has been moved in the SC seeking directions to the Election Commission of India to nullify the election results and hold a fresh election if maximum votes have been polled in favour of NOTA
 "Plea urges EC to nullify election results if NOTA gets most votes")
Delhi elections 2020: NOTA constitutes 0.5% of total votes polled
In the 2015 Delhi elections, the NOTA vote percentage had stood at 0.4% of the total votes cast
 "Delhi elections 2020: NOTA constitutes 0.5% of total votes polled")
2019 LS polls: Most NOTA votes in SC & ST reserved seats, Naxal-hit areas
States that saw a direct bi-polar contest between the two main national parties saw a higher NOTA vote-share as compared to states where there was a third alternative
 "2019 LS polls: Most NOTA votes in SC & ST reserved seats, Naxal-hit areas")
As yet, just a protest vote
In the absence of fundamental legal changes, 'NOTA' is only a means of expressing disapproval of all the candidates in an election, with no ability to influence the result
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Will press Nota in polls, if denied dignified universal pension: Protesters
The protesters have gathered under the banner of NGO HelpAge India and Pension Parishad, a network of around 200 civil society organisations
 "Will press Nota in polls, if denied dignified universal pension: Protesters")
RS polls: SC refuses to stay EC decision on NOTA option in Gujarat
The apex court did not agree to the contention of Sibal that NOTA provision "will encourage corruption".
 "RS polls: SC refuses to stay EC decision on NOTA option in Gujarat")
In a first, voters can exercise NOTA option in Delhi civic polls
The total number of electorate for the civic polls stands at 1,32,10,206
 "In a first, voters can exercise NOTA option in Delhi civic polls")
1.7 million voters opted for NOTA
This option was introduced in September 2013
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NOTA with symbol to debut in state assembly polls
The symbol will appear against the NOTA option in the last panel on all EVMs and ballot papers.
