• Atika singh
• Kajal Andhiwal

: NOTA is an instrument introduced in the year 2013 in India’s electoral system to achieve the objectives of democracy in our country. It is a step towards empowering the voters to cast negative vote by exercising the right to secrecy. This option on EVM’s will lead to a systematic change in the poll, directing the parties to project best candidate in election. Further, it will encourage transparency in our electoral system which is one of the federal feature of our political system. However, it is a question to be answered that how NOTA can result into rejuvenation of our electoral system as it only have two-fold objective i.e. Right to Reject and Right to Secrecy and also one of the most controversial election reform. This paper hereby outlines about how far NOTA have resulted in electoral renaissance in India and analysis of conditions in India as well as different countries too. The paper concludes with recommendation and conclusion.

Right to Secrecy, Right to Reject, Electoral System, Indian Polity, NOTA, EVM.

"How NOTA is reforming the electoral system in India?", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.477-486, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907371.pdf

"How NOTA is reforming the electoral system in India?", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp477-486, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907371.pdf