An analysis of the number of registered voters in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar constituencies who exercised the None Of The Above (NOTA) option in the past elections makes for interesting reading.
The NOTA option provided by Election Commission of India is in vogue since October 11, 2013 to given a choice to the voters who do not wish to vote for any candidates in fray and to express their neutrality. But it does not mean that a candidate has to retire from fray in case the number of voters opting for NOTA is higher than the votes polled by the candidates. To that extent it makes little impact on the outcome.
The NOTA option is made available at the bottom of the panels of candidates and their symbols in the Electronic Voting Machines and the ECI website says that the NOTA symbol was designed by the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.
