'Misleading': EC Rejects Claims of Vote Discrepancies in 2024 Polls, Releases Constituency-Wise Data
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'Misleading': EC rejects claims of vote discrepancies in 2024 polls, releases constituency-wise data
The Election Commission has labelled the claims as 'misleading' and has placed official figures from its Index Cards and Statistical Reports in the public domain to clarify the actual position.
Election Commission Rejects Claims Of Missing Votes In 2024 Polls, Releases Constituency-Wise Data From Maharashtra, Haryana And J&K
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected social media allegations of large-scale differences between votes polled and votes counted during the 2024 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Calling the claims misleading, the poll body has published constituency-wise figures to explain how the numbers were being misinterpreted. In a series of posts on X, the […]
New Delhi (Uttam Hindu News): The Election Commission (ECI) on Wednesday released a fact-check of claims being made on social media regarding the 2024 Lok Sabha and various assembly elections… The post Election Commission terms claims of alleged vote rigging in several seats as misleading, releases detailed fact-check appeared first on uttamhindu.com.
The Election Commission has dismissed allegations of vote counting discrepancies in the 2024 elections. It has clarified that this is due to confusion between registered and cast votes. The Commission has given details about official figures, index cards, Form 17C. It has explained the facts with examples from Maharashtra, Haryana, J&K constituencies and upheld the transparency of vote counting.
According to the Election Commission, in many cases, social media posts misinterpreted the total number of registered voters as the total number of votes cast or misinterpreted other official figures, showing discrepancies that did not exist in the records.
On November 11, 2026, the ECI released an official fact-check on social media platform X, in which the Commission dismissed the viral claims regarding the 2024 elections as misleading.
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