Analysis · protest vote

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MEGHALAYA, Lok Sabha. NOTA data available for 3 elections (2014–2024).

NOTA votes

16,848

2024 · 2 contests

NOTA share

0.98%

Of total votes polled

Highest NOTA seat

0.8%

Shillong

Total NOTA votes

16,848

Across all Lok Sabha seats, 2024

Vs previous

+0.19pp

From 0.8% in 2019

NOTA as a percentage of total votes polled, each general election

[02]Top NOTA seats

Seats with the highest NOTA share, 2024

Shillong 0.8% · 11,008 votesDr. Ricky Andrew J. Syngkon (Voice of the People Party)

Tura 0.7% · 5,840 votesSaleng A Sangma (Indian National Congress)

Seats with the highest NOTA percentage across all elections

Indore 8.7% · 2024Shankar Lalwani (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Madhya Pradesh

Nilgiris 3.7% · 2014Gopalakrishnan, C. (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) · Tamil Nadu

Aruku 3.5% · 2019Goddeti. Madhavi (Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party) · Andhra Pradesh

Nabarangpur 3.4% · 2014Balabhadra Majhi (Biju Janata Dal) · Odisha

Tura 3.3% · 2014Purno Agitok Sangma (National People's Party) · Meghalaya

Nabarangpur 3.2% · 2019Ramesh Chandra Majhi (Biju Janata Dal) · Odisha

Aruku 3.2% · 2024Gumma Thanuja Rani (Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party) · Andhra Pradesh

Bastar 3.1% · 2019Deepak Baij (Indian National Congress) · Chhattisgarh

Bastar 3.0% · 2014Dinesh Kashyap (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Chhattisgarh

Nabarangpur 2.9% · 2024Balabhadra Majhi (Bharatiya Janta Party) · Odisha

Arithmetic over the tables above, not commentary

NOTA's vote share has fallen from 2.8% (2014) to 0.98% (2024) — a shift of -1.81 percentage points.
Δ -1.81 pp over 3 elections
NOTA share peaked in 2014 at 2.8% (30,145 votes).
Peak: 2014 at 2.8%
In 2024, Shillong polled the highest NOTA at 0.8% (11,008 votes) — won by Dr. Ricky Andrew J. Syngkon (Voice of the People Party).
0.8% NOTA in Shillong
A total of 16,848 voters chose NOTA in 2024 across 2 contests — 0.98% of all votes.
16,848 NOTA votes in 2024