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Elections & voting fact checks

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

5,412 published reviews in this topic

SBT NewsElections & voting

Lula recebeu votos nulos ou em branco nas eleições de 2022

Publisher’s rating: FALSO

The review says blank and null votes in the 2022 election were not counted for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. It reports that a pastor and automation technologist alleged at a Senate hearing that these votes were illegally counted for Lula, but presented no evidence; the review says such votes are used only for statistical purposes.

Soch Fact CheckElections & voting

Pakistan's 2024 general elections were largely transparent, efficient and peaceful

Publisher’s rating: FALSE. Contrary to the Commonwealth Observer Group’s interim statement, Pakistan’s General Elections took place in a turbulent political and security environment, and were marred by various irregularities, especially in the process of counting and consolidating votes, and in the announcement of results. Official consolidated results were announced well after the legal deadline and were contradicted by publicly available polling station level data. Largely due to the glaring discrepancies between these data sets, the results of several hundred constituencies are currently being challenged before election tribunals that were constituted for the purpose of hearing complaints related to the election.

dpa Deutsche Presse-AgenturElections & voting

Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz hat gesagt: "Ich rufe dazu auf, dass die ostdeutsche Bevölkerung sich genau überlegt, wen sie im September zu den Landtagswahlen wählt. So wie eine Mauer abgerissen wurde, kann man sie auch wieder aufbauen."

Publisher’s rating: Das ist erfunden. Es gibt keine Belege für das Zitat.

The review says the alleged quote is fabricated, citing a government spokesperson who told dpa that it was “frei erfunden.” It also notes that the quote circulated without a source and that no public reaction of the kind such a proposal would likely provoke had occurred. [S1]

Fact CrescendoElections & voting

मला गर्व आहे मुस्लिम समाजामुळे माझे खासदार निवडून आलो. मी माझ्या भाषणात हिंदू उल्लेख बंद केला म्हणून भाजपला मिर्च्या झोंबल्या. हिंदूच्या मतांची आता मला तितकीशी गरज भासणार नाही. मुस्लिम मतांवर विधानसभा पण जिंकून दाखवतो.

Publisher’s rating: False

Fact Crescendo found that the viral graphic falsely attributed the statement to Uddhav Thackeray. The review says Thackeray’s party contact chief denied he had made the statement, and the graphic was not issued by the “Lay Bhari” page.