Notably, the None of The Above (NOTA) option was the third choice of voters in Bastar as a total of 38,772 of the electorate opted for it.
Sori secured only 2.1 per cent of the total 7,69,449 votes polled in the Bastar seat.
In the 2013 assembly polls, the BJP had only won 3 - Jagdalpur, Narayanpur and Bijapur- out of the eight assembly segments of Bastar, which was another key factor expected to play a crucial role in the general polls.
The rest of the five assembly seats- Kondagaon, Chitrakot, Bastar, Dantewada and Konta - had then gone to the Congress.
