Ahmedabad | Jun 05, 2024 | 6 min read
4.49 lakh NOTA votes cast in Gujarat
In the Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got the highest number of votes. But a significant number of voters opted for the None of the Above (NOTA) option, silently declaring their opinion about the candidates.
Statewide, a total of 4,49,252 votes were cast for NOTA, representing 1.56% of the total votes. Notably, the highest number of NOTA votes, totalling 34,938, were recorded in the Dahod constituency, while the lowest, 10,503 votes, were in the Ahmedabad East constituency.
In Gandhinagar, the constituency of Amit Shah, 22,005 votes were cast for NOTA, and in Navsari, C R Paatil’s constituency, 20,462 votes were recorded for NOTA.
Furthermore, significant NOTA votes were seen in major constituencies, with 14,007 votes in Ahmedabad West, 15,922 in Rajkot, and 18,388 in Vadodara.
Other constituencies also saw considerable NOTA votes, such as 29,655 in Chhota Udepur, 25,542 in Bardoli, 23,283 in Bharuch, 22,167 in Banaskantha, and 21,076 in Sabarkantha.
It is worth mentioning that the highest number of NOTA votes, reaching 1.7 lakh, were cast in the Indore constituency.
Additionally, the Panchmahal constituency recorded 20,103 NOTA votes. This was followed by 18,765 in Bhavnagar, 18,742 in Kutch, 18,824 in Kheda, 18,373 in Valsad, 16,722 in Patan, 15,930 in Anand, 14,013 in Junagadh, 13,563 in Porbandar, 13,299 in Surendranagar, 11,626 in Mehsana, 11,349 in Amreli, and 11,084 in Jamnagar. AM