Gujarat HC directs State Election Commission to include “NOTA” option in impending local body polls
9 years, 4 months ago

Gujarat HC directs State Election Commission to include “NOTA” option in impending local body polls

Live Law  

In a Civil Appeal preferred by Social Activist and Advocate Shri K R Koshti the Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court comprising acting Chief Justice Jayant Patel and Justice N V Anjaria directed the State Election Commission to provide the option of NOTA on the Electronic Voting Machines in the upcoming local body polls in the state. As the High Court had stayed implementation of compulsory voting and NOTA, the state election commission had this time not included the option of NOTA for voters. The counsel for the State Election Commission, Shri Mihir Thakore, argued that it is difficult to include NOTA at this 11th hour when there are only three weeks left for the polls. The High Court also directed the state government to provide all the necessary assistance to Election Commission to ensure free and fair elections and to supply sufficient man power to bring back NOTA buttons on the voting machines.

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Delhi voters prefer NOTA option over BSP, CPM in Assembly polls
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Delhi voters prefer NOTA option over BSP, CPM in Assembly polls

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Voters in Delhi preferred the 'none of the above' option over two national parties, BSP and CPI, emerging election results data shows.As votes for the Delhi assembly polls were counted on Saturday, latest data of the Election Commission showed that NOTA option got 0.57 per cent vote share as compared to 0.55 pet cent of the Bahujan Samaj …

In Delhi, NOTA bags more votes than two national parties
1 month, 2 weeks ago

In Delhi, NOTA bags more votes than two national parties

India Today  

The real contest in the Delhi Assembly elections was between the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party but a few other parties were also in the fray, including the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Communist Party of India-Marxist. The NOTA option received 0.57 per cent vote share as it pipped nationally recognised parties, BSP and the CPI-M. Other recognised national …

None Of The Above
11 months, 2 weeks ago

None Of The Above

New Indian Express  

A total of 65,22,772 voters, or 1.06%, chose to reject all the candidates in fray in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. This newspaper takes a look: Genesis of NOTA While the political class was largely opposed to the idea of an option to reject all the candidates during elections, a writ petition was filed by NGO People’s Union of Civil …

“Can't Compel People To Vote”: Madras HC Dismisses Plea Seeking To Make Proof Of Voting Mandatory For Availing Paid Leave On Poll Day
1 year ago

“Can't Compel People To Vote”: Madras HC Dismisses Plea Seeking To Make Proof Of Voting Mandatory For Availing Paid Leave On Poll Day

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking to make proof of voting mandatory for availing paid leave on polling days in the upcoming elections. Adityan had sought directions to the Ministry of Personnel and Training, Labour Welfare & Skill Development Department, and the Chief Election Commissioner to make it mandatory to submit necessary proof of voting to …

Assembly Elections 2023: How many people opted for NOTA?
1 year, 3 months ago

Assembly Elections 2023: How many people opted for NOTA?

Firstpost  

In Madhya Pradesh, 0.98 per cent of the voters pressed the NOTA button. Less than one per cent opted for NOTA The counting of votes in three out of four states on Sunday showed that less than one per cent of the voters exercised the ’none of the above’ option in the just-concluded Assembly polls, according to the election commission. …

NOTA option to be made available to voters during urban local bodies’ polls in T.N.
1 year, 8 months ago

NOTA option to be made available to voters during urban local bodies’ polls in T.N.

The Hindu  

The NOTA option will, hereafter, be a part of the electronic voting machines for urban local bodies in Tamil Nadu. This marks the State government fulfilling a long-standing demand of activists for the introduction of the NOTA option in polls to the ULBs. Nearly for nine years, the State Election Commission had pressed the State government to introduce NOTA. A …

Few Opted for NOTA Option in Five Assembly Elections
3 years, 10 months ago

Few Opted for NOTA Option in Five Assembly Elections

News 18  

The 'none of the above' or 'NOTA' option had very few takers in the five assembly polls, counting of which was held on Sunday. In Kerala, 91,715 or 0.5 per cent of the electors used the NOTA option, while in the Union Territory of Puducherry 1.30 per cent or 9,006 of the total people who voted used the option. In …

Over 7 lakh Bihar voters opted for NOTA option
4 years, 4 months ago

Over 7 lakh Bihar voters opted for NOTA option

India TV News  

A little over seven lakh voters in Bihar used the 'none of the above' or NOTA option in the assembly elections, according to the Election Commission. According to figures released by the EC, 7,06,252 people or 1.7 per cent of the voters opted for the option whereby they preferred not to vote for any candidate while exercising their democratic right. …

Nearly 7 Lakh Voters of Bihar Have So Far Used NOTA Option: Latest Data
4 years, 4 months ago

Nearly 7 Lakh Voters of Bihar Have So Far Used NOTA Option: Latest Data

News 18  

Nearly seven lakh voters in Bihar used the 'none of the above' or NOTA option in the assembly elections, according to latest figures. After the Supreme Court order in September, 2013, the EC added the NOTA button on the EVMs as the last option on the voting panel. The Supreme Court had, however, refused to direct the Election Commission to …

NOTA Applies In Case Of "Contest Of Election", Not Where There Is Only Single Candidate In Fray: AP HC [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

NOTA Applies In Case Of "Contest Of Election", Not Where There Is Only Single Candidate In Fray: AP HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Andhra Pradesh High Court last week observed that the option of NOTA cannot be made available when there is a single candidate contesting in the elections, and the candidate shall be declared as unanimously elected. Chief Justice J. K. Maheshwari and Justice B. Krishna Mohan were hearing a PIL to declare the action of the State Election Commission in …

Dissecting NOTA for Lok Sabha Polls: A Tool For the Disenchanted
6 years ago

Dissecting NOTA for Lok Sabha Polls: A Tool For the Disenchanted

The Quint  

By now, the option of NOTA has weathered several Assembly elections and even one Lok Sabha election. According to figures provided by the Association for Democratic Reforms, the negative option has secured 1.33 crore votes in state Assemblies and Lok Sabha elections combined. In the case of Lok Sabha elections, there were 24 constituencies where NOTA achieved the same feat. …

Supreme Court says no to the use of None of the above (NOTA) in Rajya Sabha elections
6 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court says no to the use of None of the above (NOTA) in Rajya Sabha elections

Op India  

The Supreme Court today issued an order barring the use of option ‘None of the above ’ in the elections to the Rajya Sabha citing it should be applied in direct polls only. A Bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud questioned the validity of the Election Commission’s notification, which allows NOTA as an option …

NOTA option cannot be permitted in Rajya Sabha polls, says Supreme Court
6 years, 7 months ago

NOTA option cannot be permitted in Rajya Sabha polls, says Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday scrapped the use of ‘None Of The Above’ option in the coming Rajya Sabha elections. A Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra held that the NOTA option is meant only for universal adult suffrage and direct elections and not polls held by the system of proportional representation by means of the single …

NOTA Option Can't Be Used In Rajya Sabha Elections: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]
6 years, 7 months ago

NOTA Option Can't Be Used In Rajya Sabha Elections: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Supreme Court of India on Tuesday held that NOTA option cannot be allowed in Rajya Sabha Elections. The three-Judge bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud allowed the plea challenging the Election Commission’s circulars making NOTA option applicable to Rajya Sabha election. "Article 80 provides for indirect election to the Rajya Sabha by the …

West Bengal panchayat poll: Calcutta HC extends stay on election process
6 years, 11 months ago

West Bengal panchayat poll: Calcutta HC extends stay on election process

India TV News  

The Calcutta High Court today extended the stay on the panchayat poll process in West Bengal and said the State Election Commission's withdrawal of a notification giving an additional day for filing of nominations was in question before it. Representing the ruling TMC, its vice-president Kalyan Banerjee said the petitions challenging the decisions of the Commission was not maintainable, and …

Gujarat election: NOTA makes Assembly debut in state with over 5 lakh votes, leaves BSP and NCP in dust
7 years, 3 months ago

Gujarat election: NOTA makes Assembly debut in state with over 5 lakh votes, leaves BSP and NCP in dust

Firstpost  

Even as the BJP won a majority of seats in the Gujarat Assembly election with around 49 percent of the votes and the Congress made modest gains by winning 41.4 percent of the vote share, None Of The Above garnered 1.8 percent of vote share, according to data from the Election Commission. The BJP appears set to form a government …

Gujarat polls: Unhappy with GST, some caste groups and small businessmen may opt for NOTA, predict political analysts
7 years, 3 months ago

Gujarat polls: Unhappy with GST, some caste groups and small businessmen may opt for NOTA, predict political analysts

Firstpost  

With the NOTA option becoming available to voters in Gujarat Assembly polls for the first time, political analysts feel that some caste groups may make use of that. Rajkot: With the NOTA option becoming available to voters in Gujarat Assembly polls for the first time, political analysts feel that some caste groups and also sections of small and medium entrepreneurs, …

Gujarat polls: ‘Unhappy’ caste groups, small businessmen may opt for NOTA
7 years, 3 months ago

Gujarat polls: ‘Unhappy’ caste groups, small businessmen may opt for NOTA

India TV News  

With the NOTA option becoming available to voters in Gujarat assembly polls for the first time, political analysts feel that some caste groups and also sections of small and medium entrepreneurs, who seem to be unhappy with the BJP over the GST, may make use of that. The ruling BJP claimed that the NOTA option would not impact it much, …

State of the Union: Nota - A bad idea for indirect elections
7 years, 7 months ago

State of the Union: Nota - A bad idea for indirect elections

Deccan Chronicle  

On January 24, 2014 and subsequently again on January 27, the Election Commission issued an administrative direction that the “None of the Above” provision would be made applicable for elections to the Council of States also. Though the Supreme Court has refused to stay the use of Nota in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections, it has nonetheless agreed to examine …

Supreme Court blasts Congress over the issue of NOTA in Rajya Sabha elections
7 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court blasts Congress over the issue of NOTA in Rajya Sabha elections

Op India  

The Congress in recent days has been growing very anxious about the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, especially in Gujarat. If this wasn’t enough drama, the Congress decided that it had a problem against the ‘None Of The Above’ option, which would also be applicable in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Soon on 7th February 2014, Rajya Sabha elections were held …

Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls: Supreme Court rejects Congress plea to stay EC notification allowing NOTA
7 years, 7 months ago

Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls: Supreme Court rejects Congress plea to stay EC notification allowing NOTA

Firstpost  

Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the Election Commission’s notification, a plea by the Congress, to allow ‘None of the Above’ option in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections. On Wednesday, the apex court had agreed to hear a plea moved by the Gujarat Congress challenging the decision to use NOTA option in the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls in the …

Blow to Cong: Rajya Sabha poll in Gujarat to have NOTA option, rules SC
7 years, 7 months ago

Blow to Cong: Rajya Sabha poll in Gujarat to have NOTA option, rules SC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a major setback to the Congress, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay Election Commission's notification allowing NOTA in the upcoming Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat. SC said the result of the upcoming RS poll would be declared as per schedule and sought EC's response on plea filed by Gujarat Congress chief whip S M Parmar. …

Congress Leader Approaches SC Challenging NOTA Option In Gujarat Rajya Sabha Elections [Read Petition]
7 years, 7 months ago

Congress Leader Approaches SC Challenging NOTA Option In Gujarat Rajya Sabha Elections [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The political storm in Gujarat against the option of NOTA has now reached the Supreme Court, with a Petition filed by Congress Chief Whip Shailesh Manubhai Parmar.Mr. Parmar submits that the Election Commission’s decision to introduce the option is “ex facie illegal”, and is against the provisions of Article 80 of the Constitution has now reached the Supreme Court, with …

SC to hear Congress plea against use of NOTA in RS polls
7 years, 7 months ago

SC to hear Congress plea against use of NOTA in RS polls

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea moved by the Gujarat Congress challenging the decision to use None of the Above option in the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls in the state. As per government officials, the directions to use NOTA in Rajya Sabha elections were enforced in January 2014 after the Supreme Court in 2013 …

Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls: Congress cries foul over EC's decision allowing NOTA post notification
7 years, 7 months ago

Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls: Congress cries foul over EC's decision allowing NOTA post notification

India TV News  

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel today questioned the Election Commission's decision to introduce NOTA after the notification of the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections in which he is one of the candidates. Patel, the high-profile political secretary to party president Sonia Gandhi, is seeking another Rajya Sabha term in the polls to be held on August 8. Gujarat Assembly secretary D …

2.5% of electorate opts for 'NOTA' option in Bihar
9 years, 4 months ago

2.5% of electorate opts for 'NOTA' option in Bihar

India TV News  

New Delhi: Nearly 2.5 per cent voters in Bihar opted the 'None Of The Above' button which is placed as the last option on the electronic voting machine. The Bihar assembly polls were the first where the symbol appeared next to the NOTA option on the last panel of EVMs and ballot papers. After the Supreme Court order in September, …

Gujarat HC directs State Election Commission to include “NOTA” option in impending local body polls
9 years, 4 months ago

Gujarat HC directs State Election Commission to include “NOTA” option in impending local body polls

Live Law  

In a Civil Appeal preferred by Social Activist and Advocate Shri K R Koshti the Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court comprising acting Chief Justice Jayant Patel and Justice N V Anjaria directed the State Election Commission to provide the option of NOTA on the Electronic Voting Machines in the upcoming local body polls in the state. As the …

Gujarat High Court stays compulsory voting rule in Gujarat civic polls
9 years, 7 months ago

Gujarat High Court stays compulsory voting rule in Gujarat civic polls

Firstpost  

Gujarat’s controversial legislation making voting compulsory in civic body polls and imposing a fine for any violation was today stayed by the state High Court which observed that the ‘right to vote’ itself provided right to refrain from voting. Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s controversial legislation making voting compulsory in civic body polls and imposing a fine for any violation was today stayed …

Gujarat to introduce compulsory voting in local body polls: CM |IndiaTV News
9 years, 9 months ago

Gujarat to introduce compulsory voting in local body polls: CM |IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Gujarat to introduce compulsory voting in local body polls: CM Rajkot/Ahmedabad: Gujarat will introduce compulsory voting in the upcoming local bodies polls, which are likely to be held in October, and the process of framing rules for default voters is underway. "We are in the process Rajkot/Ahmedabad: Gujarat will introduce compulsory voting in the upcoming local bodies polls, which are …

Voting to be compulsory during Gujarat's 2015 local body polls
10 years, 4 months ago

Voting to be compulsory during Gujarat's 2015 local body polls

India TV News  

Ahmedabad: Compulsory voting would be implemented for the first time during Gujarat's local body elections scheduled for next year, a state minister said today. "The Gujarat Local Authorities Law Amendment Bill will be implemented in the local body polls, which will be held in mid-2015," Gujarat Health Minister Nitin Patel said. Voters who fail to vote in local body polls, …

Haryana assembly elections: 53,613 voters pressed the NOTA button
10 years, 5 months ago

Haryana assembly elections: 53,613 voters pressed the NOTA button

Firstpost  

More than 53,000 voters have opted for ‘None of the Above ’ option in EVMs in the Haryana assembly polls, thus rejecting the candidates fielded by political parties in their respective constituencies. Chandigarh: More than 53,000 voters have opted for ‘None of the Above ’ option in EVMs in the Haryana assembly polls, thus rejecting the candidates fielded by political …

Supreme Court dismisses plea for repoll if majority exercises NOTA option
11 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court dismisses plea for repoll if majority exercises NOTA option

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to direct the Election Commission to hold fresh polls in case the majority of the electorate exercises ‘None Of The Above Option' option recently introduced on its direction to allow voters to reject all the candidates. A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said it is for the legislature to amend …

SC refuses to direct EC to hold fresh polls if majority exercise NOTA option
11 years, 4 months ago

SC refuses to direct EC to hold fresh polls if majority exercise NOTA option

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to direct the Election Commission to hold fresh polls if the majority of the electorate exercises ‘None of the Above Option’ in the electronic voting machines while casting their votes. A three-judge of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam and Justices Ranjana Desai and Ranjan Gogoi told the counsel for the petitioner that it was for …

Election Commission okays NOTA option
11 years, 5 months ago

Election Commission okays NOTA option

The Hindu  

The Election Commission has ordered the Chief Electoral Officers of all States and Union territories to provide for ‘None of the Above’ option in electronic voting machines and ballot papers. Sampath had made it clear earlier this month that the NOTA option would be available to the five Assembly election-bound States, the modalities of its inclusion had been specified in …

Advani pitches for NOTA, compulsory voting
11 years, 5 months ago

Advani pitches for NOTA, compulsory voting

The Hindu  

Welcoming the recent Supreme Court verdict on giving the voters the option of registering negative voting, senior BJP leader L.K. Writing on his blog, Mr. Advani said the Election Commission could convene a meeting of all political parties, after providing them, on the one hand, the text of the Supreme Court judgment, and on the other, a comprehensive report on …

MP Assembly polls to have EVMs with NOTA option
11 years, 5 months ago

MP Assembly polls to have EVMs with NOTA option

The Hindu  

In view of the Supreme Court empowering voters with the right to reject, forthcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections will see electronic voting machines having a separate button for electorate not wishing to vote for any of the candidates in the fray. According to an official release on Tuesday, by pressing this button, voters will be able to use the option …

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