“More than 9 million eligible voters aren’t registered for South Africa’s 2019 elections”
Africa Check rated this: Correct
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.
“A report purported to be done by Ballard Partners shows that Buhari would win the elections, with Atiku emerging as the runner-up”
DUBAWA rated this: Likely to be False
“A claim that index finger is the only and best finger to be used in voting for the 2019 polls.”
DUBAWA rated this: False
“A claim that the redeployment of police officers so close to the elections is politically tainted”
DUBAWA rated this: Insufficient evidence.
“You vote with your index finger. Any vote cast with the thumb is a void vote.”
Africa Check rated this: False
“This video shows Congress' Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asking people not to vote for development.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Darul Uloom Deoband has issued a fatwa against Muslims to not vote for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo endorsed Nigerian President Buhari’s election bid”
Africa Check rated this: False
“The video shows Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal offering all seven seats to Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha Polls to defeat PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“US ambassador endorsed APC’s Tonye Cole in Nigeria election”
Africa Check rated this: False
“Congress' Rahul Gandhi will contest on 3 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“84% of Filipinos, ‘satisfied’ with President Duterte’s presidency according to Yahoo Poll”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
“A video has gone viral on social media with claims that Azam Khan is asking the public to vote for BJP. But the video is being shared with misleading claims.”
BBC Hindi rated this: Misleading
“Kenyan government erects Duterte statue during the launch of anti-drug campaign”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“I was the deciding vote on abolishing the death penalty in the state of Illinois.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“There has been a 58 per cent increase in crime in Bentleigh since the election of the Labor Government in 2014”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: More to the story
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: There's more to the story than Mr Judah's claim suggests. Mr Judah and the Liberals have been driving their campaign truck adorned with crime statistics across the Bentleigh electorate, including the suburbs of Bentleig…
“That election [2001], Ted Mack and the member from Orange Peter Andren, got re-elected. First time ever.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Wrong
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Katter is wrong. His initial election as an independent in 2001, and re-election in 2004, was preceded by the re-election of two other independent MPs, whom he mentioned — one more than a decade earlier. In 1990, for…
“This is a video of Maulana Sajjad Nomani campaigning in a helicopter for Maharashtra Assembly elections.”
Logically Facts rated this: False