The introduction of the NOTA option followed a Supreme Court directive in September 2013, which mandated that the Election Commission provide a "None Of The Above" option on EVMs to allow voters to explicitly reject all candidates. This option was implemented for the first time in the assembly elections held in November-December 2013 in Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh.
In which election was the NOTA option used for the first time?
Asked in HPPSC HPAS Prelims 2016 · Topic: Election Commission (Conduct of Elections: Nomination, Scrutiny, Polling, Counting, Declaration of Results)
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