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'When it suited you, you didn't come': SC refuses to stay NOTA in Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls, questions delay in filing plea
India | Aug 03, 2017, 02:22 PM ISTThe Congress' plea sought quashing and declaring as "void" the circulars issued by the Election Commission making available the NOTA option
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Supreme Court refuses to stay plea on NOTA, Gujarat RS polls to be held with NOTA
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NOTA in Gujarat RS polls: SC to hear Congress' plea Thursday, BJP too seeks withdrawal
National | Aug 02, 2017, 10:20 PM ISTThe BJP has also approached the Election Commission seeking removal of the NOTA option in the upcoming Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat.
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Supreme Court to hear Congress plea against use of NOTA in Rajya Sabha polls
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Gujarat Congress moved Supreme Court today against NOTA option in the Rajya Sabha polls
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Congress moves EC against NOTA option in Rajya Sabha polls
National | Aug 02, 2017, 07:24 AM ISTThe party alleged that the providing NOTA option would render the system of proportional representation "nugatory and otiose."
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MCD elections: 49,000 voters opt for NOTA, most in NDMC
National | Apr 26, 2017, 09:44 PM ISTOver 49,000 voters opted for the None of The Above (NOTA) option in the municipal elections, with people in North Delhi areas exercising it the most.
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Bihar results: NOTA count more than the Margin of Victory in 23 constituencies
National | Nov 12, 2015, 03:05 PM ISTIn part 1, we looked at the vote share, strike rate & the performance of both the major alliances in reserved seats. In this piece, we look at the victory margin, impact of NOTA etc.The
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2.5% of electorate opts for 'NOTA' in Bihar, highest till date
National | Nov 09, 2015, 07:04 AM ISTNew Delhi: Nearly 2.5 per cent voters in Bihar opted the 'None Of The Above' (NOTA) button which is placed as the last option on the electronic voting machine.According to figures made available by the
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Black cross mark to represent NOTA on EVMs
National | Sep 20, 2015, 09:49 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Election Commission has finally approved a symbol for the NOTA (None Of The Above) option on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).A small ballot paper with a black cross on it will be the
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Thousands vote in DU, JNU students elections
India | Sep 12, 2014, 11:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: Thousand of students Friday voted to elect new student unions in Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here.By the end of polling, both campuses were littered with paper pamphlets and empty
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Volunteers urge AAP to fight Haryana polls, ask 'who should we vote for now'
National | Aug 22, 2014, 12:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: The demand for Aam Aadmi Party to contest upcoming Assembly polls in Haryana again came to the fore today when some of its volunteers questioned the party leadership's decision in the matter, asking
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Maharashtra Governor questions relevance of NOTA voting option
National | Jun 08, 2014, 02:18 PM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan has questioned the relevance of recently introduced NOTA voting option in a democratic system while describing it as “non-sense” and waste of time. “What is this None-of-The-Above (NOTA) non-sense? I
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NOTA fails to make any substantial impact in UP; presence felt
India | May 17, 2014, 05:08 PM ISTLucknow: Over 5.91 lakh voters in Uttar Pradesh chose to refuse all the candidates who were in the fray by opting Election Commission's maiden choice given to them “None of the Above” with maximum number
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Meghalaya has the highest percentage of voters pushing NOTA
India | May 16, 2014, 06:26 PM ISTShillong: Meghalaya emerged with the highest percentage of voters who chose the NOTA option available with the EVMs introduced for the first time, an election official said today.As many as 2.8 per cent of the
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LS Polls 2014: 10,000 Mulund voters decide to go for NOTA
India | Apr 07, 2014, 12:57 PM ISTMumbai: After being at the receiving end of carcinogenic smoke from the Mulund dumping ground for over a decade, over ten thousand residents of Hari Om Nagar housing societies have decided to go for None-Of-The-Above
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We must not vote for those with self-declared criminal cases
National | Apr 06, 2014, 12:52 PM ISTThe final episode of Satyamev Jayate, the popular Sunday TV show hosted by actor Aamir Khan, on March 30 focussed on criminalization of politics. It presented data from the Lok Sabha elections of 2004 and
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Govt employees threaten to use NOTA if demands not met
Mar 30, 2014, 09:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: Hundreds of government employees here warned that they would consider using the provision of None Of The Above (NOTA) in the voting option during Lok Sabha elections if pension benefits that prevailed prior
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PIL filed to provide symbol on EVM's to vote NOTA
India | Mar 19, 2014, 08:49 AM ISTChennai: The Election Commission yesterday sought time in the Madras High court to reply on a PIL seeking a direction to ECI to develop a symbol to denote NOTA option on the voting machine as
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Himachal voters want green justice
National | Mar 18, 2014, 03:08 PM ISTManali: Voters of the remote but picturesque Lahaul and Spiti valleys of Himachal Pradesh want justice for the environment. They say upcoming projects in the state, mainly in the hydropower sector, are not only threatening