Old Video Of Man Alleging Vote Mismatch In Varanasi Shared As Recent
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In the video, we can hear the man alleging that around 11 lakh votes were cast in the Varanasi constituency; however, the total tally came up to 12.87 lakhs after counting.
The results of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were announced on 04 June 2024. The BJP won 240 seats, becoming the single largest party. The BJP-led NDA coalition secured 293 seats and formed the government on 09 June 2024. False Claim 1: false claim is made in a video regarding mismatch of electors & votes polled in #EVM in VaranasiPC during #GE2019Reality: claim is misleading& fake. Total Electors in VaranasiPC were 18,56,791. Total votes polled & counted in EVM-10,58,744 & postal votes-20851/3 https://t.co/RIonUYT4Ef The difference can arise between votes polled and votes counted because there are certain polling stations whose votes polled are not counted as per the extant protocol issued by the Commission and provided in various Manuals and Handbooks( e.g Para 11.4 of the Handbook for… https://t.co/FrfrGDX57g
Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term. In this context, a video (here, here, and here) showing a man claiming that the total number of votes polled was less than the total votes counted in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in Varanasi is being linked to Lok Sabha elections 2024 and widely shared across social media platforms.
In the video, we can hear the man alleging that around 11 lakh votes were cast in the Varanasi constituency; however, the total tally came up to 12.87 lakhs after counting.
