Analysis · protest vote

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

NOTA votes

9,763

2024 · 1 contests

NOTA share

1.21%

Of total votes polled

Highest NOTA seat

1.0%

Puducherry

Total NOTA votes

9,763

Across all Lok Sabha seats, 2024

Vs previous

-0.34pp

From 1.54% in 2019

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

[02]Top NOTA seats

Seats with the highest NOTA share, 2024

Puducherry 1.0% · 9,763 votesVe Vaithilingam (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 3.01% (2014) to 1.21% (2024) — a shift of -1.8 percentage points.
Δ -1.8 pp over 3 elections
NOTA share peaked in 2014 at 3.01% (22,268 votes).
Peak: 2014 at 3.01%
In 2024, Puducherry polled the highest NOTA at 1.0% (9,763 votes) — won by Ve Vaithilingam (Indian National Congress).
1.0% NOTA in Puducherry
A total of 9,763 voters chose NOTA in 2024 across 1 contests — 1.21% of all votes.
9,763 NOTA votes in 2024