An election watchdog is urging the Bangsamoro parliament to retain the “none of the above” or NOTA option in the ballots to provide voters a meaningful alternative during the first parliamentary election in the autonomous region ....
BMC elections 2026 saw 1.83% voters choose NOTA, highlighting voter dissatisfaction and reviving debate over making NOTA compulsory, despite limited impact on electoral outcomes across India’s democratic institutions and elections ... .
A growing number of voters chose NOTA in the recently concluded civic elections across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, underlining voter dissatisfaction even as established parties retained control.
NOTA here received 325 votes ... minister Chandrakant Patil, lost by 41 votes, while NOTA received 290 votes. In Ward 10C, Congress candidate Deepa Magdum lost by 163 votes, while NOTA received 355 votes.