Maha Assembly polls: Mumbai sees a surge in NOTA voters

October 21, 2014 12:06

The Maharashtra Assembly elections witnessed a surge in number of people going for None Of the Above (NOTA) option in Mumbai, as against the total number of NOTA votes cast in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

In a total of 36 Assembly seats in Mumbai, 65,735 people chose to reject all the candidates in their constituencies, while 52,952 people in all opted for NOTA in the general elections held in April-May.

The number of voters who pressed the NOTA option across Maharashtra were more than the votes cast for smaller parties like Communist Party of India (Marxist), Samajwadi Party, Swabhimani Shetkari Paksha, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha and others in the Assembly polls.

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