Low number of NOTA votes were polled in Ballimaran (385), Matia Mahal (289), Sangam Vihar (298), Kirari (412), Chandni Chowk (493), Delhi Cantt (478), Malviya Nagar (375). The eight constituencies of Mehrauli, Chhatarpur, Deoli, Ambedkar Nagar, Sangam Vihar, Kalkaji, Tughlaqabad, Badarpur registered over 4,700 NOTA votes.
The New Delhi constituency from where debutante AAP's Arvind Kejriwal defeated three-time Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, recorded only 460 such votes.
The Supreme Court had given the path-breaking verdict this September, holding that voters have a Right to Reject all candidates contesting polls in a constituency by exercising the NOTA option.
Following the court order, the Election Commission (EC) had introduced the option in poll-bound states of Mizoram, Delhi Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
However, the apex court had refused to direct the EC to hold fresh polls in case the majority of the electorate exercised the NOTA.
The Delhi Assembly elections which were held on December 4 saw a record turn out of an estimated 80 lakh out of the 1.19 crore eligible voters that had sealed the fate of 810 candidates for the 70-member assembly.
