More voters pressing NOTA button in HP

Shimla | Friday | 22nd March, 2019

Summary:

They have also questioned the failure of the BJP government to constitute a committee for the revival of old pension scheme.Sources said that in 2014, Kangra parliamentary seat had witnessed 8,704 voters pressing Nota button, Shimla parliamentary seat had recorded 7,787 voters pressing Nota button, Hamirpur parliamentary seat had recorded 6,473 voters while Mandi parliamentary seat had recorded 6,191 voters. In Shahpur assembly constituency of Kangra district 1,010 voters had pressed Nota button, in Anni (SC) assembly constituency of Kullu district 943 voters while in Joginder Nagar assembly constituency of Mandi district 1,162 voters had done the same. In the 2017 assembly election, a total 34,232 voters had pressed Nota button. As many as 29,155 voters had pressed NOTA which was more than the number of votes polled by smaller parties like BSP and CPI-(M). Shimla: The option of NOTA was introduced for the first time in the last parliamentary elections in Himachal Pradesh..