Delhi MCD Polls: Nearly 8,000 more people chose to cast their vote for none as none of the above (NOTA) votes in the recently concluded Delhi Municipal Corporation polls 8,300, according to data released by the State Election Commission (SEC) in Delhi on Wednesday. More than. 2017. There were 49,235 votes which were for NOTA in 2017. However, this year, it has reached the mark and has seen an increase of 8,300 NOTA votes over the previous numbers. Notably, in the 2017 municipal elections, the NOTA vote share was 0.69% out of 71,36,863 votes cast.
Later, in the 2020 Delhi Assembly Election, NOTA got only 43,108 votes which is around 0.5%.
The data also suggested that the votes cast for NOTA are higher than the votes cast for several smaller political parties such as the Nationalist Congress Party, Janata Dal (United) or the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).
While NCP got a total of 14,890 votes (vote share of 0.20%), AIMIM made it slightly bigger by getting 45,628 votes (0.68%). Meanwhile, the Janata Dal (United) had to settle with 11,480 votes (0.16%).
In 2017, elections were held for all the three municipal corporations. In these elections, NOTA votes (19,762, or 0.74% of the vote) were cast mainly in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation election. Further, in the South Delhi civic body, NOTA votes were polled around 19,190 or 0.71%.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) emerged as the victorious party in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections on Wednesday by winning 134 seats. After the victory, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expressed his gratitude and sought blessings from PM Modi to improve civic amenities here. Addressing party workers, Kejriwal said, “Will try to live up to people’s expectations, urge parties to come together to make Delhi better.”