“In the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, a total of 5,04,313 additional votes were counted. The ECI reported 6,40,88,195 votes polled, but 6,45,92,508 votes were counted. In Ashti, 4,538 more votes were counted than polled, and in Osmanabad, the excess was 4,155 votes.”
What FACTLY found
On 22 November 2024, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Maharashtra published data on their website regarding the total votes polled in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. According to this data, the total number of votes polled across all 288 Assembly constituencies using EVMs in Maharashtra was 6,40,88,195, which does not include the 5,38,225 postal ballot votes. Adding the postal ballots to the EVM vote count brings the total number of votes polled to 6,46,26,420. According to the C...
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 November 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 27 November 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/niraj.mule.54/posts/pfbid02A1Gm8tTwcxqdYaVygvepjLa4B6qfERNGGtecD…
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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.