By Subrat Das*, April 8 -- By Subrat Das*

Bhubaneswar: You can vote for your choice candidate. None of the above (NOTA)- this choice is also given to voters. Though this category of choice is not so popular, the apathy among the tribals of Odisha towards the existing candidates was more visible during 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

As revealed from the results of 2014 Lok Sabha elections, maximum number (44, 408) of voters of tribal-dominated Nabarangpur parliamentary constituency had pressed NOTA button in the electronic voting machine. Among these NOTA votes, three were exercised through postal votes. Usually, educated government employees who are otherwise busy in election duty, cast their vote through postal ballot.

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