An analysis of NOTA vote share in the past Assembly elections shows that the share has been relatively high in areas affected by Left-Wing Extremism (LWE). Many such Assembly seats were in Chhattisgarh. But, a comparison of the NOTA vote share in the 2023 Chhattisgarh elections to the 2018 results show that the Naxal influence on voting in the State has come down considerably. T
Table 1 shows the NOTA vote share percentage in the latest and the previous Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh