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Surprise in Chennai: NOTA chosen by one in every 50 voters
Posted on: 20/May/2016 2:03:14 PM
According to the statistics released by the Electiomission, one in every 50 votes in Chennai choose NOA (None Of The Above option in the recent election for Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
As compared to this, the ratio was half across the state – one in every 100 voters choosing NOTA.
Here are the voting figures for NOTA:
Velacherry topped the list with 4225 voters choosing NOTA.
Anna Nagar was second with 4048 NOTA voters.
Virugambakkam came next with 3897 NOTA voters.
Harbour constituency had the least number of NOTA voters with 2101.
Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar (Jayalalithaa’s constituency)had 2875 NOTA voters.
Kolathur (Stalin) had 3554. T Nagar had 3570.
In the suburban areas, 7,332 voters in Shollinganallur, 6,655 in Maduravoyal, 5,823 in Pallavaram, 5,603 in Ambattur and 5,007 in Tambaram chose NOTA.
It is notable that more than 2.5% of voters in Ambattur and Maduravoyal constituencies plumped for NOTA.
The NOTA option was made available on the ballot box for the first time in an assembly election in the state.
Political observers say NOTA is preferred by urban voters and non-Dalit voters in SC constituencies.
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