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The stock of nary of the supra (NOTA) enactment went up marginally this clip successful the Bihar Assembly polls arsenic compared to the past elections but is inactive overmuch little than 2015, information shared by the Election Commission shows.
After two-phased predetermination held connected November 6 and 11, votes are being counted connected Friday (November 14, 2025). The NDA was acceptable to expanse the Bihar Assembly polls, surging up successful adjacent to 200 retired of the full 243 seats, with the BJP emerging arsenic the azygous largest enactment with astir 95% onslaught rate.
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The Mahagathbandhan, which includes the RJD, the Congress and 3 Left parties, was struggling to transverse the 35-seat mark.
According to the latest figures, 1.81% oregon 6,65,870 of the full votes polled went to the NOTA enactment connected physics voting machines (EVMs) erstwhile voting took spot for the 243-member House.
Bihar has an electorate of implicit 7.45 crore. With 66.91% elector turnout, it was the highest since the archetypal Bihar elections successful 1951. As galore arsenic 3.51 electors turned up astatine polling stations to formed their vote. Bihar recorded the highest pistillate elector turnout successful its past In 2020, astir 7,06,252 radical chose the NOTA enactment successful the assembly election, which worked retired to 1.68% of the full votes polled.
The fig of radical who had chosen NOTA successful 2015 was 9.4 lakh retired of 3.8 crore radical who voted, which comes to 2.48%.
The NOTA enactment had recorded its lowest percent stock successful the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Introduced successful 2013, the NOTA enactment connected EVMs has its ain awesome — a ballot insubstantial with a achromatic transverse crossed it. The EC added the NOTA fastener connected EVMs arsenic the past enactment connected the voting sheet aft a September 2013 Supreme Court order.
Before the apex court's order, those not inclined to ballot for immoderate campaigner had the enactment of filling what is popularly called Form 49-O. But filling retired the signifier astatine the polling presumption nether Rule 49-O of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, compromised the secrecy of the voter.
The Supreme Court had, however, refused to nonstop the EC to clasp caller polls if the bulk of the electorate exercised the NOTA enactment portion voting.
