16-12-2017, 04:51 PM
NOTA
*14th country to Introduce NOT A
Ans : India
*15th country to Introduce NOTA
Ans : Nepal
*NOTA (None of the Above) is a negativevote that any citizen can cast if he/she is not satisfied.with the candidates.
*The sitting bench including justice P.Sathasivam, Justice Renjana Prakash & Justice Renjan Gegoyi gave the ruling on 27th September 2013, that made NOTA legal.
*The organization that gave public interest litigation for the legalization of NOTA -People Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL)
* PUCL was formed in - 1976 (under the leadership of Jayaprakash Narayan)
* The first country to introduce NOTA
Ans : France
* First Asiancountry to introduce NOTA
Ans : Bangladesh
*NOTA was used for the first time in India in 2013 state elections of Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Madhya pradesh and Rajasthan
*NOTA was first counted in
Ans : New Delhi
*Percentage of NOTA, that was polled in the 16th Loksabha election
Ans : 1.1% of the votes
*The highest percentage of NOTA was polled in - Puthucherry (3% of the votes)
*The symbol of NOTA was designed by
Ans : National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad)
*NOTA button is at the end of the list of candidates in an electronic voting machine.
