24 November,2024 08:12 AM IST | Mumbai | Apoorva Agashe
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As the Maharashtra state assembly election results are out, only 0.71 per cent votes have been secured to none of the above candidates.
According to the Election commission of India, None Of The Above (NOTA) was introduced in 2013, the voter who doesn't wish to cast its vote for the candidate can vote for NOTA on the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).
Highest NOTA votes were seen in Anushakti Nagar which is 3,884, while in Mulund constituency also 3,834 voters opted to vote for NOTA. In 2019 in Anushakti Nagar, NOTA had secured 2,290 votes while Worli had secured 6,305 votes.
Actor Ajaz Khan who was contesting from the Versova constituency has failed to beat NOTA, he has secured 155 votes while the NOTA has secured 1,298 votes in the constituency.
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Vote share of parties in 2024 assembly election
BJP 26.77 %
Shiv Sena (Shinde) 12.38%
NCP (AP) 9.01%
NCP (SP) 11.28%
Shiv Sena (UBT) 9.96 %
Congress 12.42 %
MNS 1.55%
NOTA 0.72%
Other 15.91%
Mahayuti 48.16 %
MVA 33.66%
How many voters opted for it
Andheri East
2,346
Andheri West
1,822
Bhandup West
2,406
Borivli
3,637
Byculla
1,581
Chandivali
2,247
Chembur
2,018
Anushakti Nagar
3,884
Colaba
1,993
Chinchpokli
2,313