Elections
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“Army personnel engaged in proxy voting and influencing votes in favour of BJP in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.”
“BIG BREAKING: The army is being used by the BJP to cast fake votes. INDIAN ARMY has been assigned to do ILLEGAL & FRAUDULENT work for the BJP. Caught RED handed inside the Election Booths to influence voters for FAKE Votes to the BGP”
“BJP national president JP Nadda appealed for NDA's victory in the 2024 elections while warning about 300 terrorists infiltrating India.”
“Sara Duterte-Carpio is the only vice president in Philippine history to have been elected with more votes than the president”
Vera Files says: There were six people who won the vice presidency with a higher vote count and percentage than their respective presidents.
“The 'Islamist party' won the Bradford council elections.”
“The video shows Army personnel caught while going to cast fake votes for BJP in Jabalpur”
“The video shows the BJP using the Indian army personnel to cast fake votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.”
FACTLY says: This incident took place in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh in 2019. On 29 April 2019, soldiers and their spouses from the Grenadiers Regimental Centre went to vote at booth number 146, Swami Vivekananda Higher Secondary Schoo…
“Varanasi’s 11 lakh votes did not turn into 12.8 lakh votes in EVM in 2019!”
“Video shows Kangana Ranaut accepting defeat in 2024 Indian general elections.”
“A New York Times article published an article praising the elections in India.”
“Claims of alleged voting fraud through EVMs in the Northeastern Indian state of Assam are going viral amid the ongoing general elections”
“In the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, 171 votes were cast at a polling booth in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, where there were only 90 voters.”
FACTLY says: The incident took place during the 2021 Assembly polls in Assam, held in April 2021, and is not related to the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The Chief Electoral Officer of Assam clarified regarding this viral claim thro…
“The Elections24Check project aims to create a comprehensive fact-checking database for the upcoming European Parliament elections in June 2024.”
“The New York Times published an article praising Indian elections.”
“The video shows a huge stash of cash found from the house of aide to BJP Parliament candidate from Anakapalli, CM Ramesh.”
“Video shows Mayawati asking to vote for BJP”
“Image shows President Murmu joining PM Modi for his Lok Sabha poll nomination.”
“Photo depicting President Droupadi Murmu accompanying Modi while he filled nomination for the 2024 General Elections.”
FACTLY says: The viral photo is from June 2022, capturing the moment when Prime Minister Modi accompanied Droupadi Murmu as she submitted her nomination for the President’s election. Additionally, Modi has not yet submitted his nomi…
“The video shows BSP president Mayawati appealing to the voters to vote for the BJP.”
FACTLY says: This is a clipped video from Mayawati’s speech, which she delivered at a public meeting in Agra on 4 May 2024. In her original speech, Mayawati quoted the people from RSS and BJP, who she claims are asking for votes in …