“See what is happening in Bengal after the elections. Don’t worry, this will happen to you too, if not today then tomorrow.”
Youturn rated this: false
Elections
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“Trump can’t be on the Texas ballot because of our state constitution.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The U.S. Constitution, not any state’s constitution, sets the qualifications to run for president. They are limited to natural-born citizenship, age (35 by Inauguration Day) and residency in the United States (14 years).
“Video shows 'celebrations in Ayodhya' after BJP's Lok Sabha poll loss”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
“In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, there is a discrepancy between the votes polled and the votes counted in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in Varanasi.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The same video went viral before the start of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, i.e., before 19 April 2024. This implies that the viral video mentioned the 2019 elections. The ECI has dismissed claims about discrepancies be…
“BJP won 282 seats with a 31% vote share in 2014. In 2019, their vote share increased to 37%, resulting in 303 seats. In the 2024 General Elections, BJP won 240 seats with a 39% vote share.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: BJP won 282 seats by securing 17,16,60,230 votes with 31.34% vote share in 2014 and won 303 seats by securing 22,90,76,879 votes with 37.7% vote share during the 2019 general elections. In the 2024 general elections, th…
“Name of the 26 Muslim candidates who won this Lok Sabha election.”
Youturn rated this: misleading
“Prominent leaders such as Navaneet Rana, Madhavi Latha and Kanhaiya Kumar lost the 2024 Lok Sabha election by a margin of 19,731 votes”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The viral clip has been digitally edited to make it appear as though all the highlighted leaders lost by the same margin. However, only Navaneet Rana lost the election by a margin of 19,731 votes. The other leaders lost…
“Video of Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai crying after losing the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: This video predates the 2024 Lok Sabha election results. It is actually from April 2024, when Annamalai reportedly broke down while speaking to the elderly at an old age home in Coimbatore
“In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, 110 Muslims were elected as Members of Parliament.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Only 24 Muslims were elected as MPs in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. According to data provided on the Election Commission of India’s website, a total of 78 Muslim candidates contested in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections fr…
“Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar met leaders of the INDIA bloc after the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.”
ThePrint rated this: FALSE
“This video shows people of Andhra Pradesh burning a photo of Chandrababu Naidu for forming an alliance with Narendra Modi after the 2024 elections”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Misleading
“Akhilesh Yadav met Chandrababu Naidu after the declaration of the 2024 election results”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Missing Context
“BJP won 100 constituencies with less than 1000 margin in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu criticised Narendra Modi after the TDP-JSP-BJP alliance’s victory in the 2024 Assembly Elections.”
ThePrint rated this: PARTLY FALSE
“The BJP won 30 seats with a margin of less than 500 votes and over 100 seats with a margin of less than 1000 votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The lowest victory margin for a BJP candidate in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is 1,587 votes. BJP’s Rabindra Narayan Behera from Odisha’s Jajpur constituency, who received 5,34,239 votes, defeated BJD’s Sarmistha Sethi,…
“Amid the 2024 Lok Sabha election results, Chandrababu Naidu recently met with I.N.D.I.A. bloc leaders to discuss joining their alliance.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: At the time of writing this fact-check, there are no credible reports about Chandrababu Naidu meeting with I.N.D.I.A. bloc leaders like Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav to discuss joining their alliance recently after th…
“Congress workers celebrated the victory of Rahul Gandhi prior to the announcement of the 2024 election result”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Photos of Nitish Kumar meeting with I.N.D.I.A. bloc leaders after the 2024 Lok Sabha election results.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: These photos are old, taken when Nitish Kumar met with I.N.D.I.A. bloc leaders to form an alliance against the BJP, back in 2023. They are unrelated to the political developments following the 2024 Lok Sabha election re…
“This is the video of BJP leader Navneet Rana crying after loss in elections”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Video shows BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Amravati in Maharashtra Navneet Rana crying after losing the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: This is an old video from May 2022 when Navneet Rana was seen crying in the arms of her husband, Ravi Rana, in Mumbai’s Lilavati hospital.