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CHHATTISGARH, Lok Sabha. NOTA data available for 3 elections (2014–2024).

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NOTA votes
1,36,111
2024 · 11 contests
NOTA share
0.9%
Of total votes polled
Highest NOTA seat
2.5%
Bastar
Total NOTA votes
1,36,111
Across all Lok Sabha seats, 2024
Vs previous
-0.54pp
From 1.44% in 2019

[01]NOTA share over time

NOTA as a percentage of total votes polled, each general election
  1. 2024
    0.9% · 1,36,111 votes
  2. 2019
    1.44% · 1,96,265 votes
  3. 2014
    1.84% · 2,24,889 votes

[02]Top NOTA seats

Seats with the highest NOTA share, 2024
Bastar 2.5% · 36,758 votesMahesh Kashyap (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Sarguja 1.5% · 28,121 votesChintamani Maharaj (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Kanker 1.1% · 18,669 votesBhojraj Nag (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Raigarh 0.8% · 15,022 votesRadheshyam Rathiya (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Rajnandgaon 0.5% · 9,553 votesSantosh Pandey (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Korba 0.4% · 6,097 votesJyotsna Charandas Mahant (Indian National Congress)
Durg 0.3% · 5,617 votesVijay Baghel (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Raipur 0.2% · 4,448 votesBrijmohan Agrawal (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Mahasamund 0.2% · 3,840 votesRoop Kumari Choudhary (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Janjgir-champa 0.2% · 5,137 votesKamlesh Jangde (Bharatiya Janta Party)

[03]All-time highest NOTA

Seats with the highest NOTA percentage across all elections
Indore 8.7% · 2024Shankar Lalwani (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Madhya Pradesh
Nilgiris 3.7% · 2014Gopalakrishnan, C. (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) · Tamil Nadu
Aruku 3.5% · 2019Goddeti. Madhavi (Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party) · Andhra Pradesh
Nabarangpur 3.4% · 2014Balabhadra Majhi (Biju Janata Dal) · Odisha
Tura 3.3% · 2014Purno Agitok Sangma (National People's Party) · Meghalaya
Nabarangpur 3.2% · 2019Ramesh Chandra Majhi (Biju Janata Dal) · Odisha
Aruku 3.2% · 2024Gumma Thanuja Rani (Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party) · Andhra Pradesh
Bastar 3.1% · 2019Deepak Baij (Indian National Congress) · Chhattisgarh
Bastar 3.0% · 2014Dinesh Kashyap (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Chhattisgarh
Nabarangpur 2.9% · 2024Balabhadra Majhi (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Odisha

[04]Computed insights

Arithmetic over the tables above, not commentary

  1. NOTA's vote share has fallen from 1.84% (2014) to 0.9% (2024) — a shift of -0.93 percentage points.

    Δ -0.93 pp over 3 elections

  2. NOTA share peaked in 2014 at 1.84% (2,24,889 votes).

    Peak: 2014 at 1.84%

  3. In 2024, Bastar polled the highest NOTA at 2.5% (36,758 votes) — won by Mahesh Kashyap (Bharatiya Janta Party).

    2.5% NOTA in Bastar

  4. A total of 1,36,111 voters chose NOTA in 2024 across 11 contests — 0.9% of all votes.

    1,36,111 NOTA votes in 2024
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