“BJP won 282 seats with a 31% vote share in 2014. In 2019, their vote share increased to 37%, resulting in 303 seats. In the 2024 General Elections, BJP won 240 seats with a 39% vote share.”
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Claim dated 9 Jun 2024.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
BJP won 282 seats by securing 17,16,60,230 votes with 31.34% vote share in 2014 and won 303 seats by securing 22,90,76,879 votes with 37.7% vote share during the 2019 general elections. In the 2024 general elections, the BJP won 240 seats by securing 23,59,73,935 votes with 36.56% vote share
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 June 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 June 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/gopa.kumar.374/posts/pfbid02i8r7EQsdyo2tiS8zQzoABoRpnNtxfjPoRjCn…
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