“Photo of Republic Bharat’s Opinion Poll predicting 252-272 seats to BSP in the upcoming elections in UP”
What FACTLY found
The photo had been edited to make it look like BSP is going to bag 252-272 seats in the upcoming elections in UP. The numbers for BJP and BSP have been interchanged. The Republic TV-PMARQ Opinion Poll 2022 had predicted a BJP win in Uttar Pradesh. According to the poll, the BJP and its allies are going to retain power with 252-272 expected seats out of 403 seats in the state assembly. Samajwadi Party is expected to get 111-131 seats, with BSP expected to get 8-16 seats
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 January 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 February 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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