NOTA secures over 1% votes in 2 segments

Coimbatore: More than 1% of the voters have availed the none of the above (NOTA) option in two of 10 constituencies in the district in the state assembly election whose results were announced on Sunday.
In Coimbatore, as many as 0.9% ie., 19,559 voters cast their votes to NOTA.
While two segments – Sulur and Mettupalayam – had recorded more than 1% NOTA vote share which is highest in the district and Coimbatore South has recorded only 0.5% which is the lowest in the district, other segments’ NOTA vote share is between 0.7 and 0.9%. The number of voters who opted for NOTA is considerably higher than the votes scored by many independent candidates.
A first-time voter S Vishnuprasad said, “I voted for NOTA to register my displeasure. I did not want to cast my vote for the candidates of major political parties. But at the same time, I did not want to waste my vote by casting it for independent candidates who will not win the seat due to obvious reasons. So, I preferred NOTA to candidates.”TNN