Highest NOTA Vote Lok Sabha Constituencies

2019 Lok Sabha (Parliament) Election · Top 25 constituencies by nota votes

In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the most NOTA votes were cast in Gopalganj (Bihar) — 51,660 NOTA votes (2.80% of votes polled). The full ranked list of the top 25 constituencies is below — click any constituency to see its complete candidate-wise result.

Number of 'None of the Above' votes cast in the constituency.

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Rank Constituency State Winner Party NOTA Votes
1 Gopalganj SC Bihar Dr. Alok Kumar Suman Janata Dal (United) 51,660 (2.80%)
2 Aruku ST Andhra Pradesh Goddeti. Madhavi Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party 47,977 (3.50%)
3 Paschim Champaran Bihar Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal Bharatiya Janata Party 45,699 (2.80%)
4 Nabarangpur ST Odisha Ramesh Chandra Majhi Biju Janata Dal 44,582 (3.20%)
5 Bastar ST Chhattisgarh Deepak Baij Indian National Congress 41,667 (3.10%)
6 Jamui SC Bihar Chirag Kumar Paswan Lok Jan Shakti Party 39,496 (2.30%)
7 Madhepura Bihar Dinesh Chandra Yadav Janata Dal (United) 38,450 (2.10%)
8 Koraput ST Odisha Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka Indian National Congress 36,561 (2.60%)
9 Ratlam ST Madhya Pradesh Guman Singh Damor Bharatiya Janata Party 35,431 (2.00%)
10 Samastipur SC Bihar Ramchandra Paswan Lok Jan Shakti Party 35,417 (2.10%)
11 Nawada Bihar Chandan Singh Lok Jan Shakti Party 35,147 (1.90%)
12 Anakapalli Andhra Pradesh Dr.Beesetti Venkata Satyavathi Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party 34,897 (2.50%)
13 Valmiki Nagar Bihar Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Janata Dal (United) 34,338 (2.10%)
14 Chhota Udaipur ST Gujarat Rathva Gitaben Vajesingbhai Bharatiya Janata Party 32,868 (2.30%)
15 Mandla ST Madhya Pradesh Faggan Singh Kulaste Bharatiya Janata Party 32,240 (1.70%)
16 Dahod ST Gujarat Jashvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor Bharatiya Janata Party 31,936 (2.10%)
17 Bhagalpur Bihar Ajay Kumar Mandal Janata Dal (United) 31,567 (1.70%)
18 Kodarma Jharkhand Annpurna Devi Bharatiya Janata Party 31,164 (1.80%)
19 Gaya SC Bihar Vijay Kumar Janata Dal (United) 30,030 (1.80%)
20 Banswara ST Rajasthan Kanakmal Katara Bharatiya Janata Party 29,962 (1.60%)
21 Vizianagaram Andhra Pradesh Bellana Chandra Sekhar Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party 29,501 (2.10%)
22 Palghar ST Maharashtra Rajendra Dhedya Gavit Shiv Sena 29,479 (1.70%)
23 Sarguja ST Chhattisgarh Renuka Singh Saruta Bharatiya Janata Party 29,265 (1.80%)
24 Saran Bihar Rajiv Pratap Rudy Bharatiya Janata Party 28,267 (1.70%)
25 Udaipur ST Rajasthan Arjunlal Meena Bharatiya Janata Party 28,179 (1.40%)

Why this list matters

NOTA — None Of The Above — was introduced in 2013 following a Supreme Court directive. It lets voters formally reject every candidate without invalidating their vote. The constituencies with the highest NOTA share are usually either tribal seats (where voters reject a slate of outside candidates), seats with weak local options, or seats with active "vote NOTA" campaigns by civil society groups.

NOTA votes are counted but do not affect the result — even if NOTA wins more votes than every candidate, the candidate with the most votes still gets the seat.

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