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

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NOTA votes
4,67,068
2024 · 39 contests
NOTA share
1.07%
Of total votes polled
Highest NOTA seat
1.4%
Dindigul
Total NOTA votes
4,67,068
Across all Lok Sabha seats, 2024
Vs previous
-0.18pp
From 1.25% in 2019

[01]NOTA share over time

NOTA as a percentage of total votes polled, each general election
  1. 2024
    1.07% · 4,67,068 votes
  2. 2019
    1.25% · 5,41,150 votes
  3. 2014
    1.43% · 5,82,062 votes

[02]Top NOTA seats

Seats with the highest NOTA share, 2024
Dindigul 1.4% · 22,120 votesSachithanantham R (Communist Party of India (marxist))
Tiruppur 1.1% · 17,737 votesSubbarayan, K. (Communist Party of India)
Sriperumbudur 1.1% · 26,450 votesT R Baalu (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)
Tenkasi 1.1% · 17,165 votesDr Rani Sri Kumar (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)
Kancheepuram 1.0% · 16,965 votesSelvam. G (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)
Thiruvallur 0.9% · 18,978 votesSasikanth Senthil (Indian National Congress)
Chennai North 0.9% · 13,208 votesDr.kalanidhi Veeraswamy (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)
Salem 0.9% · 14,894 votesSelvaganapathi T M (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)
Namakkal 0.9% · 12,984 votesMatheswaran V S (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)
Erode 0.9% · 13,983 votesK E Prakash (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)

[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 1.43% (2014) to 1.07% (2024) — a shift of -0.36 percentage points.

    Δ -0.36 pp over 3 elections

  2. NOTA share peaked in 2014 at 1.43% (5,82,062 votes).

    Peak: 2014 at 1.43%

  3. In 2024, Dindigul polled the highest NOTA at 1.4% (22,120 votes) — won by Sachithanantham R (Communist Party of India (marxist)).

    1.4% NOTA in Dindigul

  4. A total of 4,67,068 voters chose NOTA in 2024 across 39 contests — 1.07% of all votes.

    4,67,068 NOTA votes in 2024
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