NEW DELHI: The NOTA or none of the above option appeared to have outperformed several political parties, including AAP and Samajwadi Party , which contested the assembly polls in the five states.According to the Election Commission 's website at 5.45 pm on Tuesday, the NOTA votes ranged as high as 2.1% in Chhattisgarh to 0.5% in Mizoram.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which fielded its candidates on 85 seats out of 90 seats in Chhattisgarh, got 0.9% of votes while NOTA votes were 2.1% of the counted votes in the state.Similarly, Samajwadi Party and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) got 0.2% and 0.2% votes respectively in Chhattisgarh.The Communist Party of India (CPI) got 0.4% votes in the state.In Madhya Pradesh, NOTA votes were 1.5% of the total counted votes. Samajwadi Party got one% while AAP got 0.7% votes.The NOTA votes in Rajasthan elections were 1.3%. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and SP got 1.3% and 0.2% votes respectively.The AAP and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) received 0.4% votes each in the state.In Telangana assembly polls, NOTA got 1.1% of votes while NCP got 0.2% of votes. The CPI(M) polled 0.4% votes while CPI received 0.4% votes.In Mizoram, NOTA got 0.5% of votes while People's Represent for Identity and Status of Mizoram (PRISM) got 0.2% of votes.The Bharatiya Janata Party was behind its main rival Congress in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. It was locked in a close contest with the opposition party in Madhya Pradesh, according to latest trends.