“Religion wise vote share statistics of different political parties in recent West Bengal assembly elections, as released by ECI”
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Claim dated 6 May 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Election Commission of India or State Election Commissions would never distinguish voters based on religion or caste. The Election Commission also never discloses results on the basis of religion or caste since it is a secret ballot. The information provided in the post is not released by ECI
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 May 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 May 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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