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NOTA takes second place in 2 Maharashtra assembly segments

By amfnews Oct 25, 2019 #Featured
An Indian election officer marks the finger of a voter with ink at a polling stating in Dibrugarh on 7 April 2014, during national elections. Indians have begun voting in the world's biggest election which is set to sweep the Hindu nationalist opposition to power at a time of low growth, anger about corruption and warnings about religious unrest. India's 814-million-strong electorate are forecast to inflict a heavy defeat on the ruling Congress party, in power for 10 years and led by India's famous Gandhi dynasty.
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Mumbai: The NOTA option has taken the second position in two Maharashtra Assembly segments which reflected voters’ disenchantment.

Latur Rural Assembly segment in central Maharashtra is one of them from where late Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh’s son Dhiraj registered a handsome victory in his maiden poll outing.

Dhiraj, the Congress candidate, secured 1,35,006 votes (67.64 per cent), but NOTA clinched 27,500 votes (13.78 per cent) to secure the second slot.

The NOTA also ended up as the runner-up in the Palus Kadegaon assembly seat in Sangli district. In this seat in western Maharashtra, Vishwajeet Kadam of the Congress bagged 1,71,497 votes to emerge the winner, while at number two was NOTA, which received 20,631 votes.

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