“In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, there is a discrepancy between the votes polled and the votes counted in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in Varanasi.”
What FACTLY found
The same video went viral before the start of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, i.e., before 19 April 2024. This implies that the viral video mentioned the 2019 elections. The ECI has dismissed claims about discrepancies between the votes polled and counted for the Varanasi constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. According to the ECI, the total electorate in the 2019 Varanasi elections was 18,56,791. Out of these, 10,58,744 voted using EVMs. As per the ECI, the total number of registered vo...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 June 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 June 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/avtarinsan.avtar/posts/pfbid0oswSFmiQwXCcFuyacxV72SigyazUmbPxgCE…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.