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Nearly 9.5 lakh Bihar voters chose NOTA
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According to statistics released by the Election Commission on Sunday night, a total of 9,47,276 voters chose NOTA -- 2.5 percent of the total votes polled. PTI file photo
According to statistics released by the Election Commission on Sunday night, a total of 9,47,276 voters chose NOTA -- 2.5 percent of the total votes polled. PTI file photo

Around 9.5 lakh voters in Bihar chose not to vote for any candidate in the assembly elections and pressed the "None of the Above" (NOTA) button on the electronic voting machines (EVMs).

According to statistics released by the Election Commission on Sunday night, a total of 9,47,276 voters chose NOTA -- 2.5 percent of the total votes polled.

The Grand Alliance of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress won a whopping 178 of the 243 seats, leaving the BJP and its allies with just 58 seats.

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(Published 08 November 2015, 22:26 IST)