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Did Surat Election Violate Supreme Court's NOTA Verdict? Poll Body Replies
The Election Commission can intervene if a candidate is pressured into withdrawing nomination, but not when it's consensual, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said today.
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Supreme Court Asks Poll Panel For Guidelines If Maximum Voters Choose NOTA
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Election Commission of India over a petition seeking that an election be declared void if the maximum voters have opted for the 'none of the above' (NOTA) option.
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Top Court Notice To Centre On Plea For Fresh Polls If Most Votes Are NOTA
The Supreme Court today notified the Centre and the Election Commission for replies on a public interest litigation (PIL) on the right to reject candidates in an election and holding of fresh polls if 'none of the above' (NOTA) gets the maximum votes in a constituency. The petition said that the Law Commission had proposed this in 1999. The Supreme...
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Poll Panel Removes NOTA Option From Rajya Sabha Elections
The Election Commission today withdrew the 'none of the above' (NOTA) option from ballot papers of the Rajya Sabha and the Legislative Council polls following a Supreme Court directive.
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NOTA Voting Option Not Allowed In Rajya Sabha Polls: Top Court
The Supreme Court today said the option of none of the above (NOTA) cannot be permitted in Rajya Sabha elections.
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Supreme Court Questions Poll Panel On NOTA Option In Rajya Sabha
The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Election Commission's notification allowing none of the above (NOTA) option in the ballot papers for the Rajya Sabha polls saying it was meant to be exercised by individual voters in direct polls.
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Every Voter Has A Right To Abstain, Election Commission Tells Supreme Court On NOTA In Rajya Sabha Polls
A last-minute petition by the Congress against NOTA, or the None of The Above option at Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat was an abuse of court process, the Election Commission told the Supreme Court in an affidavit The election body said the law recognises that voters are free not to vote, and NOTA reflected this right.
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Gujarat Rajya Sabha Polls To Be Held With NOTA Option, Says Supreme Court
The NOTA or None of The Above option will be available in the Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat on Tuesday, the Supreme Court said today, rejecting a Congress request to put it on hold.
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NOTA Not Acceptable For Rajya Sabha Polls, Both BJP And Congress Say
Locked in an intense political battle in Gujarat ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls next week, the ruling BJP and the Congress are on the same side on NOTA or the None of The Above option for voters.
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Bihar Polls: 2.5 Per Cent of Electorate Opt for 'NOTA' Option
There were few takers in the Bihar Assembly polls for the 'none of the above' option which was introduced by the Election Commission in 2013 following a Supreme Court judgement.
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Kolkata: Evicted slum dwellers threaten to exercise NOTA option
More than 300 families, who were evicted from a slum in Kolkata's eastern part to make way for an upcoming flyover, have threatened to use the 'None of the Above' or NOTA option in the Lok Sabha election if they are not rehabilitated by the state government.
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Candidate with highest votes wins, even if majority goes for NOTA option: Election Commission
Election Commission said that the candidate securing the highest number of votes would be declared elected even if the number of electors going for the None of the Above (NOTA) option surpassed the votes polled by the electoral contestants.
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The NDTV Dialogues - a new kind of politics: full transcript
The beginning of the month was marked by several dramatic events - the withdrawal of a 'criminal' ordinance symbolically on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, the conviction of two former chief ministers and a landmark judgment by the Supreme Court, allowing for the first time in India a right to choose 'None Of The Above' in an election.
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Election Commission working on introducing NOTA clause for polls in five states
The Election Commission is working on introducing the 'None of the above' clause in the upcoming Assembly polls in five states, Director General of the Election Commission of India Akshay Raut said today.
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Did Surat Election Violate Supreme Court's NOTA Verdict? Poll Body Replies
The Election Commission can intervene if a candidate is pressured into withdrawing nomination, but not when it's consensual, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said today.
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Supreme Court Asks Poll Panel For Guidelines If Maximum Voters Choose NOTA
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Election Commission of India over a petition seeking that an election be declared void if the maximum voters have opted for the 'none of the above' (NOTA) option.
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Top Court Notice To Centre On Plea For Fresh Polls If Most Votes Are NOTA
The Supreme Court today notified the Centre and the Election Commission for replies on a public interest litigation (PIL) on the right to reject candidates in an election and holding of fresh polls if 'none of the above' (NOTA) gets the maximum votes in a constituency. The petition said that the Law Commission had proposed this in 1999. The Supreme...
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Poll Panel Removes NOTA Option From Rajya Sabha Elections
The Election Commission today withdrew the 'none of the above' (NOTA) option from ballot papers of the Rajya Sabha and the Legislative Council polls following a Supreme Court directive.
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NOTA Voting Option Not Allowed In Rajya Sabha Polls: Top Court
The Supreme Court today said the option of none of the above (NOTA) cannot be permitted in Rajya Sabha elections.
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Supreme Court Questions Poll Panel On NOTA Option In Rajya Sabha
The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Election Commission's notification allowing none of the above (NOTA) option in the ballot papers for the Rajya Sabha polls saying it was meant to be exercised by individual voters in direct polls.
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Every Voter Has A Right To Abstain, Election Commission Tells Supreme Court On NOTA In Rajya Sabha Polls
A last-minute petition by the Congress against NOTA, or the None of The Above option at Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat was an abuse of court process, the Election Commission told the Supreme Court in an affidavit The election body said the law recognises that voters are free not to vote, and NOTA reflected this right.
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Gujarat Rajya Sabha Polls To Be Held With NOTA Option, Says Supreme Court
The NOTA or None of The Above option will be available in the Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat on Tuesday, the Supreme Court said today, rejecting a Congress request to put it on hold.
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NOTA Not Acceptable For Rajya Sabha Polls, Both BJP And Congress Say
Locked in an intense political battle in Gujarat ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls next week, the ruling BJP and the Congress are on the same side on NOTA or the None of The Above option for voters.
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Bihar Polls: 2.5 Per Cent of Electorate Opt for 'NOTA' Option
There were few takers in the Bihar Assembly polls for the 'none of the above' option which was introduced by the Election Commission in 2013 following a Supreme Court judgement.
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Kolkata: Evicted slum dwellers threaten to exercise NOTA option
More than 300 families, who were evicted from a slum in Kolkata's eastern part to make way for an upcoming flyover, have threatened to use the 'None of the Above' or NOTA option in the Lok Sabha election if they are not rehabilitated by the state government.
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Candidate with highest votes wins, even if majority goes for NOTA option: Election Commission
Election Commission said that the candidate securing the highest number of votes would be declared elected even if the number of electors going for the None of the Above (NOTA) option surpassed the votes polled by the electoral contestants.
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The NDTV Dialogues - a new kind of politics: full transcript
The beginning of the month was marked by several dramatic events - the withdrawal of a 'criminal' ordinance symbolically on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, the conviction of two former chief ministers and a landmark judgment by the Supreme Court, allowing for the first time in India a right to choose 'None Of The Above' in an election.
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Election Commission working on introducing NOTA clause for polls in five states
The Election Commission is working on introducing the 'None of the above' clause in the upcoming Assembly polls in five states, Director General of the Election Commission of India Akshay Raut said today.
