New Delhi: Goa has come out on the top when it comes to voters pressing the NOTA (none of the above) button in the latest round of assembly polls, closely followed by Uttarakhand.
In Goa, 1.2% of the people voted for NOTA option, followed by 1% in Uttarakhand, showed data available with the Election Commission (EC).
In Uttar Pradesh (UP), where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was headed for a landslide victory, the percentage of voters who opted for NOTA was 0.9%. The figure stood at 0.7% in Punjab while around 0.5% of the people who exercised their voting rights in Manipur chose NOTA.
While more than 4,800 candidates were in the fray in UP, Goa saw over 250 contestants.
More than 600 people contested in Uttarakhand and over 1,100 in Punjab. Nearly 100 persons stood for the elections in Manipur.
There are 40 constituencies in Goa, 70 in Uttarakhand, 60 in Manipur, 117 in Punjab and 403 UP.
While the BJP was headed for a stunning victory in UP and Uttarakhand, the Congress emerged victorious in Punjab. A close contest was seen between the BJP and the Congress in Goa and Manipur.
