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Hardly made an impact in 10 years: Supreme Court on NOTA

The court observed that over a decade since it was introduced by an order of the court, it has hardly impacted the choice of candidates selected by political parties. (Amal KS/HT PHOTO)
india news
Updated on Feb 25, 2026 05:40 am IST

Maharashtra municipal elections: No polling where only one candidate is in fray

Mumbai: State Election Commissioner, Maharashtra, Dinesh Waghmare, centre, addresses a press conference regarding the schedule of the state municipal corporation polls, in Mumbai.
mumbai news
Updated on Jan 07, 2026 09:21 am IST

Haryana polls: NOTA outperforms Independents in Panchkula district

A sizeable number of voters in Panchkula district used NOTA (none of the above) option, registering their rejection of all candidates in the Kalka and Panchkula assembly segments. (HT File)
chandigarh news
Updated on Oct 09, 2024 08:58 am IST

LS polls: North-West Delhi seat records highest number of NOTA votes in city

LS polls: North-West Delhi seat records highest number of NOTA votes in city
india news
Published on Jun 05, 2024 05:12 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections: Bihar leads in NOTA votes

Each EVM can cater to a maximum of 64 candidates (including NOTA) with a provision for 16 candidates in one ballot unit. If the total number of candidates exceeds 16, a second balloting unit can be linked in series to the first unit. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)
india news
Published on Jun 05, 2024 12:59 pm IST

In Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, NOTA is the runner-up with over 200,000 votes

An electoral officer opens an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) to display the number of votes at a counting center for the Lok Sabha Election on June 4 (HT Photo/Parveen Kumar)
india news
Published on Jun 04, 2024 02:43 pm IST

NOTA second in Indore where Congress candidate switched to BJP at last minute

Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya shared the photo on his X account with Congress leader Akshay Kanti Bam welcoming him to join BJP after he withdrew his candidature from the Indore Lok Sabha constituency. (ANI file)
india news
Updated on Jun 04, 2024 01:18 pm IST

Valmiki Nagar: Voter discontent persists amid flooding woes and underdevelopment

PREMIUM
Nabi Kumar Sarania at a village in Valmiki Nagar. (HT)
analysis
Published on May 26, 2024 12:21 am IST

Voters in Gopalganj constituency yearn for progress amidst continuing neglect

Gopalganj, May 06 (ANI): Voter awareness campaign being conducted under SVEEP activities in the wake of Lok Sabha polls, on Monday. (ANI Photo)
analysis
Published on May 25, 2024 12:00 am IST

Supreme Court seeks ECI reply on repolling if NOTA gets majority

The Nota button is at bottom of the list of candidates on EVMs. (HT)
india news
Updated on Apr 27, 2024 04:37 am IST

SC notice on plea for repoll in seats with maximum NOTA votes; seeks EC reply

The bench sought the response of EC without specifying any date for taking up the matter. (Representative file photo)
india news
Published on Apr 26, 2024 01:09 pm IST

Has NOTA been altering influence of smaller parties, independents in Prayagraj?

EVM machine (For representation only) (HT File)
cities
Updated on Apr 20, 2024 01:35 am IST

‘Only 1%’: Voters show minimal interest in NOTA option in assembly polls

Counting of votes for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections underway at a centre in Jabalpur.
india news
Published on Dec 03, 2023 09:08 pm IST

Keeping up with UP | Has NOTA been able to strike the right note?

PREMIUM
Has the time come to give NOTA a legal sanctity as today it has no consequence on the election results?
opinion
Published on Sept 22, 2023 08:46 pm IST

Keeping up with UP| Snub to defector is Ghosi bypoll’s biggest takeaway

PREMIUM
Samajwadi Party workers celebrating the victory of party candidate Sudhakar Singh in the Ghosi constituency by-election, in Lucknow. (FILE PHOTO)
opinion
Published on Sept 12, 2023 09:24 am IST

More voters likely to choose NOTA in coming elections: Former CEC Nasim Zaidi

Former chief election commissioner of India, Nasim Zaidi. (File Photo)
india news
Updated on May 09, 2023 09:47 am IST

Daily brief: NOTA votes increase by 8,300 in Delhi municipal polls over 2017

Security personnel guarding the complex containing EVMs for MCD elections 2022 at Gole Market in New Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
india news
Published on Dec 07, 2022 09:19 pm IST

Bihar assembly election 2020: Over 7 lakh Bihar voters opted for NOTA option

Over 4 crore votes were polled in the three-phase elections. Out of nearly 7.3 crore voters, 57.09 per cent had cast votes in the polls.
elections
Published on Nov 11, 2020 02:56 pm IST

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: All you need to know about Gurua constituency

Security personnel carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) arrive on the eve of first phase of Bihar Assembly Elections.
elections
Published on Oct 27, 2020 01:39 pm IST

Dakha bypoll: Seven candidates poll fewer votes than NOTA

HT Image
cities
Published on Oct 24, 2019 11:23 pm IST

The Congress must revive itself in Telangana and AP

he decision of 12 of the 19 Congress MLAs in Telangana to merge with the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is the latest crisis facing India’s Grand Old Party in the Telugu-speaking states.
editorials
Published on Jun 10, 2019 08:04 am IST

Even NOTA pipped these Lok Sabha candidates

Some of these apolitical candidates succeeded to get a ticket from established political parties, but barring one or two, the remaining competed with NOTA in terms of vote share.
lucknow news
Published on May 31, 2019 01:14 pm IST

NOTA votes double in Gurugram constituency

The total number of people who voted for “None of The Above (NOTA)” option in the Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency in the recently held general elections more than doubled this time, in comparison to 2014.
gurugram news
Updated on May 27, 2019 09:14 am IST

NOTA performs better than 159 candidates in Jharkhand LS polls

As many as 11 candidates contested the polls from Khunti but nine candidates lost to NOTA
india news
Updated on May 25, 2019 10:35 am IST

Amid huge NDA win, NOTA makes its presence felt

On many seats, votes polled in NOTA were quite high, but so was the difference between the top two, with NDA candidates romping home with consummate ease at most places
patna news
Published on May 25, 2019 10:14 am IST

Amid huge NDA win, NOTA makes its presence felt in Bihar

Bihar mostly witnessed direct contests between the NDA and the Grand Alliance (GA) in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar, but there were 626 candidates in fray for the 40 Lok Sabha seats, mostly as Independents or from regional parties and over 120 unrecognised parties registered in Bihar.
patna news
Updated on May 25, 2019 09:17 am IST

Highest NOTA votes in Maharashtra registered in Palghar

The Palghar constituency registered what is being touted as the highest number of None Of The Above (NOTA) votes in the state, with 29,479 voters choosing the option.
lok sabha election 2019
Updated on May 24, 2019 08:32 am IST

Lok Sabha election results 2019: Giriraj Singh trounces Kanhaiya Kumar by 4 lakh votes in Begusarai

RJDs Tanveer Hassan, who was the runner-up in 2014, stood third with just 1.97 lakh votes.
lok sabha election 2019
Updated on May 23, 2019 07:17 pm IST

Not to vote also a fundamental right, says former CEC

mumbai news
Updated on May 12, 2019 07:06 am IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: After 2014 scare, all eyes on NOTA in Samastipur seat

Some residents in Samastipur, Bihar. The striking in 2014 parliamentary polls was that ‘NOTA’ polled 29,211 votes in Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency.
lok sabha election 2019
Updated on Apr 25, 2019 03:55 pm IST
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