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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: What is NOTA? What happens when NOTA gets most votes?

by TLAteam April 17, 2024
written by TLAteam April 17, 2024
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: What is NOTA? What happens when NOTA gets most votes?

The “None of the Above” (NOTA) option allows voters to formally express their rejection of all running candidates. Selecting NOTA as a voting option signifies that the voter has not selected any party to support. If NOTA votes get the most number of votes in a constituency, the next candidate with the second-most number of votes is declared the winner.

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On September 27, 2013, the Supreme Court of India declared that voters should have the option to select “none of the above” when casting their ballots, and it mandated that the Election Commission install a button for this option in all electronic voting machines. In order to give voters the option to select “None of the Above,” the ECI introduced a specific symbol. This symbol appears in the last panel on all Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

The idea that the ability to voice dissatisfaction would encourage more people to engage in the democratic process of voting led to the decision to include NOTA in the electoral process. Interestingly, a NOTA vote is a neutral vote that is eventually discounted towards the final total, which distinguishes it from a negative vote and has no arithmetic value. The 2013 Supreme Court order stated that incorporating the NOTA option “will indeed compel the political parties to nominate a sound candidate,” despite its zero arithmetic value.

Many argue on if NOTA votes really matter. According to some people, NOTA has no electoral value in Indian systems because, in theory, the candidate with the most votes—possibly even just one—will be declared the winner even if NOTA receives the maximum number of votes. However, according to a different theory, NOTA votes are crucial to the outcome of the election because they deduct votes from political parties, which causes the margins of victory to shift.

The ‘None Of The Above’ button is located at the bottom of the list of candidates on Indian electronic voting machines (EVMs). In the past, voters had to approach the polling officer at the poll in order to cast a negative ballot. However, NOTA has eliminated the necessity.

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