Indore: Over 2 Lakh Frustrated Citizens Register Highest NOTA Count Ever

BHOPAL, (IANS) – While the BJP led in all the 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh on June 4, an interesting phenomenon was observed in Indore where 2.18 lakh voters opted for the NOTA (None of the Above) option.

This is the highest-ever NOTA number for any Lok Sabha constituency ever.

While the BJP’s Shankar Lalwani ran without any other candidate in the fray, the second-highest votes were the NOTA ones.

NOTA, or the option to express one’s displeasure with every candidate in the fray, was introduced in the elections in 2013.

Before the elections, there were multiple charges of BJP pressurizing candidates to quit the race.

The Congress candidate from Indore, Akshay Kanti Bam, withdrew his nomination at the last minute, giving a virtual walk-over to the BJP. The Congress then had carried out a campaign urging the voters to press the NOTA button on polling day.