Madhya Pradesh has reported the highest drop in NOTA votes – 1.12 lakh – this year. Rajasthan had only 85,922 fewer NOTA votes were polled this time compared to 2018; Chhattisgarh registered 1.97 lakh NOTA votes
Shivraj Singh Chouhan secured over 1.64 lakh votes and is leading by a margin of close to 1.04 lakh votes. A margin of 1,04,974 votes is not just highest for the CM but also is the highest across assemblies in the state in the current election
If this was the state-level impact when Modi was only metaphorically on the ticket, it only highlights how much of an uphill battle the Congress will face when he is literally on the ticket in 2024