None of the above. The option to choose not to vote for any political candidate in an election. And in Assembly Elections 2017, nearly 9 lakh voters across the country made that choice.
In Uttar Pradesh, nearly 7 lakh of the electorate decided not to vote for any political party or candidate.
NOTA polled nearly 1% of the vote share in the state which has 403 Assembly constituencies. This is more than established political parties like Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM, which got 0.2% of the vote, or 2 lakh votes.