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

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NOTA votes
5,24,954
2024 · 42 contests
NOTA share
0.87%
Of total votes polled
Highest NOTA seat
1.5%
Bankura
Total NOTA votes
5,24,954
Across all Lok Sabha seats, 2024
Vs previous
-0.09pp
From 0.96% in 2019

[01]NOTA share over time

NOTA as a percentage of total votes polled, each general election
  1. 2024
    0.87% · 5,24,954 votes
  2. 2019
    0.96% · 5,46,778 votes
  3. 2014
    1.1% · 5,68,276 votes

[02]Top NOTA seats

Seats with the highest NOTA share, 2024
Bankura 1.5% · 26,209 votesArup Chakraborty (All India Trinamool Congress)
Burdwan - Durg 1.2% · 21,595 votesAzad Kirti Jha (All India Trinamool Congress)
Bolpur 1.2% · 21,722 votesAsit Kumar Mal (All India Trinamool Congress)
Alipurduars 1.2% · 21,298 votesManoj Tigga (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Bishnupur 1.1% · 19,132 votesKhan Saumitra (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Darjeeling 1.0% · 18,021 votesRaju Bista (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Jangipur 1.0% · 17,158 votesKhalilur Rahaman (All India Trinamool Congress)
Arambagh 1.0% · 18,031 votesBag Mitali (All India Trinamool Congress)
Purulia 1.0% · 17,929 votesJyotirmay Singh Mahato (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Jhargram 0.9% · 15,920 votesKalipada Saren (kherwal) (All India Trinamool Congress)

[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 1.1% (2014) to 0.87% (2024) — a shift of -0.23 percentage points.

    Δ -0.23 pp over 3 elections

  2. NOTA share peaked in 2014 at 1.1% (5,68,276 votes).

    Peak: 2014 at 1.1%

  3. In 2024, Bankura polled the highest NOTA at 1.5% (26,209 votes) — won by Arup Chakraborty (All India Trinamool Congress).

    1.5% NOTA in Bankura

  4. A total of 5,24,954 voters chose NOTA in 2024 across 42 contests — 0.87% of all votes.

    5,24,954 NOTA votes in 2024
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