No no, I am not giving you any mcq question. Here I am talking about the option given on the EVM machine. The idea to introduce this kind of option is out of the box and it gave elections a new dimension. Most of the people think that casting their vote to nota will be waste and it won't serve any purpose but one must understand the difference between:

"casting vote and casting vote to right candidate".

NOTA was first used in India in 2009. Chhattisgarh was the first State in India to give the option of NOTA to the voters in the local government elections. NOTA button made its debut in Assembly elections in 2013 in four States — Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and the National Capital Territory, Delhi.

This option gives a freedom to the voters that they can choose not to vote for any candidates who are contesting the elections. It can be possible that you wants to give your precious vote but there is no one worthy whom you can give your vote. So in that case "nota" plays a vital role.

According to the statistical data

  • Assembly elections held in Bihar in 2015 recorded a 2.49% vote for NOTA, which is by far the highest negative vote polled in any state elections.

  • The Telangana state, which went to polls in December 2018, also saw an increase in NOTA votes to 1.00% from 0.7% in 2014.

  • NOTA constituted 1.1 % of the total votes polled in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

  • In 2019, about 1.04% of the voters felt that none of the candidates deserved their vote.

These stats speaks a lot and the election commission should look over it. However changes need to be done in the nota system. Study should be done as to find Why these much of population think that the option given to them is not appropriate and accordingly solution should be made out!

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Are Bhai ....KL Rahul back in form😎😎😎😎
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Aayega toh modi hi chahe tu NOTA hi daba le
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Aayega toh modi hi chahe tu NOTA hi daba le
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Nice Story..