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Elections & voting fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about elections & voting. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

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FACTLYElections & voting

A truck with EVMs was caught roaming in the vicinity of a strong room in Chapra, Saran.

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerned a truck carrying EVMs seen near a strong room in Chapra, Saran. FACTLY reports that the EVMs shown were not those used in the election: they were being moved from a warehouse to a training centre for counting-day training. This distinction changes the implication of the post: the truck’s presence did not show that election-used machines had been moved from the strong room. FACTLY says it searched for news about the Chapra EVMs and found a clarification from the Chief Election Officer of Bihar. According to the review, that clarification said the machines were being moved to a training centre for training counting staff. FACTLY also reports that ECI spokesperson Sheyphali Sharan shared a letter signed by the strong-room candidate’s agent, stating that the EVMs were safe and that the agent was satisfied with the process’s transparency.

YouturnElections & voting

உத்தரகாண்டில் ஆம் ஆத்மி கட்சி போட்டியிடவே இல்லை என அக்கட்சித் தலைவர்கள் தெரிவித்து உள்ளனர். ஆனாலும், டைம்ஸ் நவ் கருத்து கணிப்பில் 2.9% வாக்குகள் பெற்றதாக தெரிவித்து உள்ளது.

Publisher’s rating: True

Fact CrescendoElections & voting

Congress has fielded only 230 candidates in 2019 Lok Sabha election

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim arose from a social-media post mocking an alleged statement by Congress leader Ashok Tanwar that Congress would win 400 seats. The post argued that this was impossible because, it said, Congress was contesting only 230 seats. The review separately checked whether Tanwar had made the alleged 400-seat statement and how many seats Congress contested. It reports finding no news reports of Tanwar making that statement; an ANI report from March 19 instead said he predicted Congress would win all 10 seats in Haryana, without mentioning 400. The review’s account of that report is: “ANI वृत्तसंस्थेच्या 19 मार्च रोजीच्या बातमीमध्ये अशोक तंवर यांनी हरियाणामध्ये काँग्रेस पक्ष सर्व 10 जागा जिंकणार असा दावा केला होता. यामध्ये त्यांनी 400 जागांचा उल्लेख केला नव्हता.” For the seat count, the review cites two reports from April 25: Times of India and NDTV each reported that Congress had announced 423 candidates, with NDTV also giving historical totals of 464 seats contested in 2014 and 440 in 2009. The review then says it checked the Congress party’s official candidate list, organized by state and constituency, and counted 424 candidates. Its decisive evidence is: “काँग्रेसच्या अधिकृत वेबसाईटवर पक्षातर्फे तिकिट देण्यात आलेल्या संपूर्ण उमेदवारांची नावे दिली आहेत. राज्य आणि मतदारसंघनिहाय ही यादी आहे. यादीनुसार काँग्रेसने यंदा 424 जागांवर उमेदवार रिंगणात उतरविले आहेत.” Thus the post’s figure of 230 does not match the review’s reported count of 424. The difference between the 423 reported in the two news stories and the 424 counted from the party list is acknowledged in the review; both figures are substantially above 230. The excerpt does not provide the underlying list itself, so the count is reported as the review’s check of that list, not independently recounted here.