Strictly speaking, pressing the NOTA button means that you disapproving of the contesting candidates. Technically, NOTA does not mean that it is a 'Right to reject'. When counting takes place, even if NOTA polls the most number of votes, they will only be considered invalid votes. The candidate who gets the most number of votes after NOTA will be declared a winner. In fact, NOTA votes are not even to be considered when taking into account one sixth of the total number of votes polled for a candidate to retain his deposit.
"But we have to take NOTA to the next level. We are pushing for reforms wherein if more number of votes are polled for NOTA, it should definitely mean a rejection of all the candidates. In such a scenario, repoll should be held in the constituency and with a different set of candidates," Anil Verma of the New Delhi-based Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) told The Times of India over phone from Delhi.
NOTA was introduced last year itself when assembly polls were held in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chattisgarh. According to figures of the Election Commission of India, only 1 per cent to 3 per cent voters opted for NOTA. In terms of the number of votes polled, 1.67 million voters out of 115 million who voted exercised the NOTA option. "That many number of people choosing NOTA is indeed a good beginning," Anil Verma said, adding that the option should be popularized more.
And that can be dangerous for politicians. According to an analysis, in Chhattisgarh, NOTA spoiled the prospects of the BJP and the Congress to pick up more seats. In at least 15 constituencies, the number of votes polled for NOTA were more than the margin by which a candidate lost to the winner. If only the NOTA votes went in favour of the runner-up, he or she would have emerged winner.
There are enough reasons why NOTA should put candidates on tenterhooks before the counting starts in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. It is expected to be a keen contest in the Seemandhra region between the TDP and the YSRCP. And in this keen contest, NOTA can play the spoiler. Similarly even in Telangana where the contest is mainly between the TRS and the Congress, if a considerable number of voters have made use of the NOTA option, the runner-up could blame it on NOTA assuming that he or she would have got all the votes. The Election Commission of India reported last year that in Madhya Pradesh, in as many as 62 constituencies, NOTA got more votes than the candidate who stood at the third place. Similar was the case in 34 constituencies in Chattisgarh.
Counting in Andhra Pradesh will take place for 119 assembly seats and 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana and 175 assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha seats in Seemandhra.
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