“BJP candidate from the Jaora constituency in Madhya Pradesh lost the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Elections by just one vote”
What FACTLY found
In the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Elections, Rajendra Pandey, the BJP candidate, secured a win against Congress candidate K. K. Singh Kalukheda in the Jaora constituency. Rajendra Pandey won against K. K. Singh Kalukheda with a margin of 511 votes in the Jaora constituency. The screenshot shared in the post does not show the final result of the Jaora constituency in the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Elections
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 November 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 28 November 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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