NOTA upset poll cart in 3 seats in Himachal polls
More people opted for NOTA than AAP in 25 assembly segments.
More people opted for NOTA than AAP in 25 assembly segments.
According to reports, in the 2017 Vidhan Sabha elections in the state, 34,232 voters pressed NOTA and rejected all the candidates.
Giving details of the election programme, Singh said nominations can be filed from May 30 to June 4 (except on June 2 being a routine holiday), and the scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on June 6.
The delimitation of wards, reservation seats and all other formalities required to conduct the ULB election has already been completed.
Congress in-charge of Bihar Shakti Singh Gohil said that 'you have to see the pattern of the last election. On one side was Nitish Kumar and on the other was the BJP, this time both are on the same side, so it means those who preferred NOTA don't want to vote for the BJP and Nitish.'
The right to recall a candidate for failing to fulfil poll promises should be a part of our democratic process
Though at first look one may say that ‘right to reject’ is a powerful tool in any democratic country. But NOTA enfeebles voters because it gives a power to ‘reject’, not ‘select’.
Mainstream political parties notwithstanding, this election could actually be a turning point for gender equality in the country, should various other factors fall into place.
In Jaipur's Malviya Nagar seat, Congress candidate Archana Sharma lost to BJP's Ashok Saraf, the Health Minister, by 1,704 votes while NOTA gained 2,371 votes, Election Commission statistics show.
‘Patriotism is the last refuge for a scoundrel,’ Dr Samuel Johnson said. In George Bernard Shaw’s words, ‘Politics is the last resort for the scoundrel.’
