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

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NOTA votes
2,18,343
2024 · 28 contests
NOTA share
0.56%
Of total votes polled
Highest NOTA seat
1.3%
Dakshina Kanna
Total NOTA votes
2,18,343
Across all Lok Sabha seats, 2024
Vs previous
-0.15pp
From 0.71% in 2019

[01]NOTA share over time

NOTA as a percentage of total votes polled, each general election
  1. 2024
    0.56% · 2,18,343 votes
  2. 2019
    0.71% · 2,50,810 votes
  3. 2014
    0.83% · 2,57,873 votes

[02]Top NOTA seats

Seats with the highest NOTA share, 2024
Dakshina Kanna 1.3% · 23,576 votesCaptain Brijesh Chowta (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Udupi Chikmaga 0.7% · 11,269 votesKota Srinivas Poojary (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Haveri 0.6% · 10,865 votesBasavaraj Bommai (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Uttara Kannada 0.6% · 10,176 votesVishweshwar Hegde Kageri (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Hassan 0.5% · 8,541 votesShreyas. M. Patel (Indian National Congress)
Raichur 0.5% · 9,850 votesG. Kumar Naik. (Indian National Congress)
Chamarajanagar 0.5% · 8,143 votesSunil Bose (Indian National Congress)
Bangalore Cent 0.5% · 12,126 votesP C Mohan (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Bangalore Rura 0.4% · 10,649 votesDr C N Manjunath (Bharatiya Janta Party)
Bangalore Nort 0.4% · 13,554 votesShobha Karandlaje (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 0.83% (2014) to 0.56% (2024) — a shift of -0.27 percentage points.

    Δ -0.27 pp over 3 elections

  2. NOTA share peaked in 2014 at 0.83% (2,57,873 votes).

    Peak: 2014 at 0.83%

  3. In 2024, Dakshina Kanna polled the highest NOTA at 1.3% (23,576 votes) — won by Captain Brijesh Chowta (Bharatiya Janta Party).

    1.3% NOTA in Dakshina Kanna

  4. A total of 2,18,343 voters chose NOTA in 2024 across 28 contests — 0.56% of all votes.

    2,18,343 NOTA votes in 2024
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