Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur)

In 14 constituen­cies, more NOTA votes polled than victory margin

- P Srinivasan p.srinivasan@htlive.com

are 14 assembly constituen­cies where the victory margin is less than the votes polled for NOTA (None of the Above).

Asind constituen­cy in Bhilwara district, where BJP candidate Jabbar Singh Sankhala defeated Congress’ Manish Mewara by a margin of 154 votes, there were 2,943 NOTA votes.

In Hanumangar­h district’s Pilibanga constituen­cy, where the BJP candidate Dharmendra Kumar defeated Vinod Kumar of the Congress by 278 votes, there were 2,441 NOTA votes polled.

Bundi assembly constituen­cy witnessed 1692 NOTA votes, whereas the victory margin was 713. BJP nominee Ashok Dogra defeated Congress’ Harimohan Sharma by 713 votes in the constituen­cy.

In Sikar district’s Fatehpur constituen­cy, NOTA votes polled were 1,165. Congress’ Hakam Ali Khan defeated BJP’s Sunita Kumari by 860 votes in the seat.

Jaisalmer district’s Pokaran constituen­cy witnessed 1,122 NOTA votes which was more than the victory margin of 872 votes. In the seat, Congress candidate Shale Mohammad defeated Pratappuri of the BJP.

In Khetri constituen­cy in Jhunjhunu votes polled for NOTA was 1373, while victory margin was 957 votes.

Congress candidate Jitendra Singh defeated BJP’s Dharampal by 957 votes. Ramlal Sharma of the BJP in Chomu constituen­cy in Jaipur district defeated Bhagwan Sahai Saini of the Congress by 1,288 votes, while votes polled for NOTA were 1,859.

In Malviya Nagar assembly constituen­cy in Jaipur, BJP candidate Kali Charan Saraf defeated Congress’ Archana Sharma by 1,704 votes while NOTA got 2,371 votes.

In Chittorgar­h’s Begun constituen­cy, Bidhuri Rajendra Singh of the Congress defeated Suresh Dhaker of the BJP by 1,661 votes, while NOTA had 3,165 votes.

Khanpur constituen­cy in Jhalawar district had 2,415 NOTA votes while victory margin was 2,265. In the assembly segment, BJP’s Narendra Nagar defeated Suresh of the Congress.

Pachpadra and Chohtan constituen­cies in Barmer district witnessed 3,260 and 5,391 NOTA votes, respective­ly. Victory margin in the two constituen­cies were 2,395 and 4,262 votes, respective­ly.

In Chohtan, Congress’ Padma Ram defeated BJP nominee Adu Ram Meghwal while at Pachpadra, Congress candidate Madan Prajapat defeated Amara Ram of the BJP.

In Banswara district’s Ghaton constituen­cy, BJP candidate Harendra Ninama defeated Nanalal Ninama of the Congress by 4,449 votes. NOTA votes polled in the constituen­cy were 4,857.

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