“Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha has pledged to help Atiku Abubakar win at the tribunal. Okorocha was an APC senatorial candidate in the election”
Africa Check rated this: False
Elections
2,118 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“NRI voters can enroll and vote online in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019 using their Indian passport as valid document.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“These fake or prosthetic fingers will be used to cast multiple votes in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“A viral message claims that one can cast a "challenge vote" with their Aadhar card or voter ID if their name is not on the electoral list.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Claim Can you vote without your name in the electoral roll under Section 49A”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating FALSE
“Claim: Challenge and tender vote”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating: Mixture
“Congress President Rahul Gandhi has called people of ‘Baniya’ community as ‘robbers’ in his election speech during Rajasthan State Assembly Elections 2018.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“If any polling booth records more than 14% tender votes, repolling will be conducted in such poling booth.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“ISKCON has released a video urging people to vote for Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“A British nationalist and student of politics who covers the Indian elections, Mr. Brandon Davies claimed on Twitter that upon his analysis of 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 elections, he could say that he had never seen a PM Candidate as stupid as Rahul Gandhi.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“A claim that the Government of the United States has asked INEC to release the “real” figures of the 2019 Presidential Elections.”
DUBAWA rated this: False
“Claim: Fake image campaign against Congress”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating: False
“Hema Malini had taken a chopper to reach the farm where she was recently spotted cutting crops as part of her campaign in the Lok Sabha Elections.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Claim: Kanhaiya Kumar, Harddik Patel and Chandrashekar Azad to contest elections on Congress tickets”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating: False
“Claim : There are no Pakistani flags used in Rahul Gandhis poll campaign”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating : False
“Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“ThIs Lokniti-CSDS survey points towards a clean-sweep for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh in the upcoming elections.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“The Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) can only accomodate up to 64 candidates.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Claim: Murali Manohar Joshi said that he and his family would vote for Congress.”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating: False
“Video of unregistered school bus carrying EVMs claimed to be how BJP will win elections.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE