1. Lok Sabha
General Elections
2014
Data as on 18-May-2014
Source: http://eci.nic.in
Disclaimer: The attempt for this analytical exercise is to extract some meaningful information based on the Election Commission data
with no mala fide intention against any individual or party. It is purely academic and its correctness solely depends upon the base
data.
NOTA Performance AnalysisNOTA Performance Analysis
2. NOTA - GE 2014
Overall
IndiaLS Seats
543
Polling Dates 07-Apr, 09-
Apr, 10-Apr, 11-Apr, 12-
Apr, 17-Apr, 24-Apr, 30-
Apr, 07-May & 12-May
Counting
Date 16-May
Contestants
8794
Source: http://eci.nic.in
6000197,
1.072%
553801801
, 98.928%
NOTA Percentage Share - GE 2014
NOTA Votes Total Votes
Voters exercised
in all 543
Constituencies
None Of
The
Above
% Vote Share Range
0.14%
5.04%
1.12% (Average)
Rank Range
3rd 23rd
5th (Mode – 172 times)
% Vote Share
18th Position out of 460+
Parties
Below NOTA % Vote Share
JD(U), CPI, JD(S), SAD,
INLD, AIUDF, LJP,
DMDK, PMK, RSP, JMM,
JVM, MDMK and more
Rank
Last Position in only 6 out
of 543 Constituencies
Winning Margin
less than NOTA
in 23
Constituencies
8. Acronyms & Definitions
LS - Lok Sabha
GE - General Election
NOTA - None of the above (option in the EVM)
EVM - Electronic Voting Machine
Total Votes – Total no. of votes polled in the Constituency
% Vote – Vote polled for the candidate by Total Votes
Contestants – All participants including NOTA for the Constituency
Rank – Rank based on votes polled in ascending order including NOTA
Below NOTA – Votes polled below the NOTA votes for the candidate
References
9. more to come…
Thank youThank you
Manish Srivastava
manish.srivastava@rediffmail.com
Disclaimer: The attempt for this analytical exercise was to extract some meaningful information based on the Election Commission
data with no mala fide intention against any individual or party. It is purely academic and its correctness solely depends upon the
base data from the source website. The data is downloaded into local Excel and Access for further analysis and deriving results.
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