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

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NOTA votes
1,95,472
2024 · 14 contests
NOTA share
1.13%
Of total votes polled
Highest NOTA seat
1.9%
Kodarma
Total NOTA votes
1,95,472
Across all Lok Sabha seats, 2024
Vs previous
-0.13pp
From 1.27% in 2019

[01]NOTA share over time

NOTA as a percentage of total votes polled, each general election
  1. 2024
    1.13% · 1,95,472 votes
  2. 2019
    1.27% · 1,89,367 votes
  3. 2014
    1.47% · 1,90,927 votes

[02]Top NOTA seats

Seats with the highest NOTA share, 2024
Kodarma 1.9% · 42,152 votesAnnpurna Devi (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Singhbhum 1.7% · 23,982 votesJoba Majhi (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha)
Khunti 1.7% · 21,919 votesKali Charan Munda (Indian National Congress)
Rajmahal 1.1% · 18,217 votesVijay Kumar Hansdak (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha)
Palamau 1.1% · 24,343 votesVishnu Dayal Ram (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Lohardaga 0.8% · 11,384 votesSukhdeo Bhagat (Indian National Congress)
Chatra 0.5% · 8,511 votesKali Charan Singh (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Hazaribagh 0.4% · 7,200 votesManish Jaiswal (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Ranchi 0.4% · 8,153 votesSanjay Seth (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Jamshedpur 0.4% · 7,326 votesBidyut Baran Mahato (Bharatiya Janta Party)

[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 1.47% (2014) to 1.13% (2024) — a shift of -0.34 percentage points.

    Δ -0.34 pp over 3 elections

  2. NOTA share peaked in 2014 at 1.47% (1,90,927 votes).

    Peak: 2014 at 1.47%

  3. In 2024, Kodarma polled the highest NOTA at 1.9% (42,152 votes) — won by Annpurna Devi (Bharatiya Janta Party).

    1.9% NOTA in Kodarma

  4. A total of 1,95,472 voters chose NOTA in 2024 across 14 contests — 1.13% of all votes.

    1,95,472 NOTA votes in 2024
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