“Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, who previously contested various Lok Sabha elections as Prime Ministers, won with a smaller majority than Narendra Modi’s majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections”
What FACTLY found
It is not appropriate to compare the majorities secured by Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi in the past Lok Sabha elections with the majority secured by Narendra Modi in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The total number of voters in the parliamentary constituencies contested by Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi in previous Lok Sabha elections was much less than the total number of voters in the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency in 2024. Therefore, we cannot conclude that they won with a smaller...
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 June 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 19 June 2024, 5 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/raghavvatsa/posts/pfbid0XhHNqRobqbzd3JCXDVLMjr5jh4eQiVZzUgfZBYpE…
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