“A video shows BJP leader Champai Soren praising Hemant Soren following the Jharkhand Assembly elections.”
Logically Facts rated this: False
Elections
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“A video of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivering a speech is circulating on social media, claiming that he advocated for ballot papers over Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) before coming to power in 2014”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“A video shows PM Modi advocating for paper ballots over EVMs before coming to power in 2014.”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Fact check viral satya nda and congress did not contest elections in muslim majority seats of malegaon mankhurd shivaji nagar and bhiwandi fake news viral”
Sakal rated this: FALSE
“Kejriwal did not shake hands with Rahul Gandhi. Meaning clearly AAP is not in the mood to give importance to Congress in Delhi elections.”
Youturn rated this: false
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the use of ballot papers over EVMs”
ThePrint rated this: FALSE
“A video depicts to show people have taken to the streets in Maharashtra to demand the removal of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
“a video purporting to show Kenyan President William Ruto telling his former deputy Rigathi Gachagua to meet him at the ballot in 2027”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“Fact check evm protest video claims linked to maharashtra assembly election result real video from jantar mantar delhi protest january 2024”
Sakal rated this: false
“image posted on TikTok, purporting to show a ballot paper from the by-election held on 14 November 2024 in Kisoro District, Uganda”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“In the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, both the NDA and Congress lost in the Malegaon Central, Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, and Bhiwandi East assembly constituencies, where the majority voters are Muslims.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: In the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, the BJP and its allies did not contest in Malegaon Central, where AIMIM won the seat. Congress contested only in Malegaon Central and did not contest in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar…
“In the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, a total of 5,04,313 additional votes were counted. The ECI reported 6,40,88,195 votes polled, but 6,45,92,508 votes were counted. In Ashti, 4,538 more votes were counted than polled, and in Osmanabad, the excess was 4,155 votes.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: On 22 November 2024, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Maharashtra published data on their website regarding the total votes polled in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. According to this data, the total number…
“post claiming that US President-elect Donald Trump is the first man to win three consecutive presidential elections”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“This video shows Samajwadi Party workers murdering a Dalit girl for voting BJP during the 2024 Karhal by-election in Uttar Pradesh”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The viral video shows a fight over a land dispute in Bhagwanpur village, Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh. On 18 November 2024, a clash broke out between two Scheduled Caste groups over a road dispute. Hanumanganj police confi…
“A video shows Maulana Sajjad Nomani using a helicopter allegedly provided by the Maha Vikas Aghadi for campaigning in the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections in 2024.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video is not of Maulana Sajjad Nomani from the Maharashtra election campaign, but of Maulana Arshad Madani, president of Jamiat Ulama Hind, during his recent visit to Bangladesh. There are no credible reports about …
“Celebrities including Bruce Springsteen, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr., John Legend and Tom Hanks have announced they are leaving the U.S. following the 2024 election.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: None of these celebrities have publicly announced plans to leave the United States. No credible news outlets have reported such stories. Some of these claims originated as satire.
“Donald Trump "officially lost the 2024 popular vote for POTUS.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: The unofficial results show Trump received slightly less than a majority, but more votes than any candidate. Therefore, he won the popular vote.
“Fact check viral satya congress candidate did not get a single vote in avadhan village of dhule fake news viral”
Sakal rated this: FALSE
“In the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, Congress candidate Kunal Baba Patil received zero votes in Awadhan village of the Dhule Rural Assembly constituency.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: In the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, Congress candidate Kunalbaba Patil from the Dhule Rural Assembly constituency received 1,057 votes across four polling booths in Awadhan village. This has been confirmed by th…
“Prices of milk have been increased after the recent Maharashtra polls”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading