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

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NOTA votes
4,15,580
2024 · 48 contests
NOTA share
0.73%
Of total votes polled
Highest NOTA seat
1.6%
Raigad
Total NOTA votes
4,15,580
Across all Lok Sabha seats, 2024
Vs previous
-0.18pp
From 0.9% in 2019

[01]NOTA share over time

NOTA as a percentage of total votes polled, each general election
  1. 2024
    0.73% · 4,15,580 votes
  2. 2019
    0.9% · 4,88,766 votes
  3. 2014
    0.89% · 4,33,180 votes

[02]Top NOTA seats

Seats with the highest NOTA share, 2024
Raigad 1.6% · 27,270 votesTatkare Sunil Dattatrey (Nationalist Congress Party)
Palghar 1.1% · 23,385 votesDr. Hemant Vishnu Savara (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Gadchiroli-chi 1.0% · 16,577 votesDr. Kirsan Namdeo (Indian National Congress)
Mumbai North West 0.9% · 15,161 votesRavindra Dattaram Waikar (Shiv Sena)
Mumbai South Central 0.9% · 13,423 votesAnil Yeshwant Desai (Shiv Sena (uddhav Balasaheb Thackrey))
Mumbai South 0.9% · 13,411 votesArvind Ganpat Sawant (Shiv Sena (uddhav Balasaheb Thackrey))
Ratnagiri - Si 0.8% · 11,643 votesNarayan Tatu Rane (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Thane 0.7% · 17,901 votesNaresh Ganpat Mhaske (Shiv Sena)
Mumbai North 0.7% · 13,346 votesPiyush Goyal (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Nandurbar 0.7% · 14,123 votesAdv Gowaal Kagada Padavi (Indian National 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 0.89% (2014) to 0.73% (2024) — a shift of -0.16 percentage points.

    Δ -0.16 pp over 3 elections

  2. NOTA share peaked in 2019 at 0.9% (4,88,766 votes).

    Peak: 2019 at 0.9%

  3. In 2024, Raigad polled the highest NOTA at 1.6% (27,270 votes) — won by Tatkare Sunil Dattatrey (Nationalist Congress Party).

    1.6% NOTA in Raigad

  4. A total of 4,15,580 voters chose NOTA in 2024 across 48 contests — 0.73% of all votes.

    4,15,580 NOTA votes in 2024
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