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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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DUBAWAElections & voting

A claim that the Government of the United States has asked INEC to release the “real” figures of the 2019 Presidential Elections.

Publisher’s rating: False

The claim arose from a WhatsApp message sourced to Exclusive103.com. Its headline presented the warning about the 2019 presidential election as coming from the United States, and the message said INEC had been warned not to manipulate the results. The review found that this framing overstated who had made the statement: the article’s own body attributed it to Chris Smith, a U.S. congressman, rather than to the U.S. Government. The review notes that Smith was serving in Congress but did not speak on behalf of the government. The distinction is central to the claim. The review says Smith did make a statement concerning possible tampering with Nigeria’s elections, but concludes that this did not make it an official U.S. Government request to INEC. Thus, evidence that an American politician spoke about the election does not establish that the government itself issued the demand described in the viral message. As a comparison with the claim’s attribution, the review quotes a separate post-election statement from U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria W. Stuart Symington. That statement congratulated Nigerians and election workers, described the election as predominantly peaceful, and urged candidates and supporters to wait for INEC to announce results. The review presents it as the U.S. Government’s statement after the elections—not as a demand to release different or “real” figures.

FACTLYElections & voting

ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ రాష్ట్రంలో జరగబోయే ఎన్నికల్లో వివిధ పార్టీలకు రాబోయే ఓట్ల శాతం మరియు సీట్ల సంఖ్యా అంటూ ప్రముఖ సర్వే సంస్థ Lokniti-CSDS సర్వే ఫలితాలు విడుదల చేశారు, అందులో TDP కి అత్యధిక సీట్లు వచ్చాయి.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLYElections & voting

ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ రాష్ట్రంలో జరగబోయే ఎన్నికల్లో వివిధ పార్టీలకు రాబోయే ఓట్ల శాతం మరియు సీట్ల సంఖ్యా అంటూ ప్రముఖ సర్వే సంస్థ Lokniti-CSDS సర్వే ఫలితాలు విడుదల చేశారు, అందులో TDP కి అత్యధిక సీట్లు వచ్చాయి

Publisher’s rating: FALSE