The claim that 19 lakh EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) were made “missing” before voting to influence the results of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 is fake and election propaganda. Recently, the Supreme Court has also rejected the petition filed in this case, calling it completely baseless.
New Delhi (Vishvas News). Voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 is to be held on April 19 and before that, many users on different social media platforms are claiming that 19 lakh electronic voting machines (EVMs) have been tampered with with the intention of influencing the results of the voting before the elections. EVMs) have been “disappeared” as part of a conspiracy.
Vishvas News in its investigation found this claim to be false and election propaganda. The Election Commission has termed the claim of missing EVMs as fake. The Indian New Congress Party (INCP) had filed a petition in the Supreme Court claiming that 19 lakh EVMs were “missing” and influencing the results of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, which the Supreme Court termed as completely “baseless”. It was rejected stating.
What is viral?
Social media user ‘Nihal Singh Nigam’ went viral Post (archive LinkWhile sharing ) it is written, “19 lakh EVM machines were stolen, no trace is known yet.”
Many others on different platforms of social media users (archive Link) has also shared it with the same claim.
investigation
The viral post claims that EVMs are missing, which is a sensitive issue. Based on the claim made in the viral post, during news search we found several reports in which this incident is mentioned. Economic Times of March 15 Report According to, “The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition alleging that 19 lakh EVMs went “missing” from the Election Commission’s surveillance between 2016-19 to influence the results of the Lok Sabha elections. Can go.”
According to the report, “INCP in its petition had claimed that 19 lakh EVMs were “missing”, which was rejected by the Supreme Court as “completely baseless”.
many others reports This decision of the Supreme Court is also mentioned in. Even in 2019, some reports came out regarding “missing” EVMs. Frontline and TV9 Bharatvarsh had published reports regarding this, on which the Election Commission tweeted (archive LinkWhile giving clarification through ) it was termed as baseless.
Your official X handle (archive LinkIssuing this clarification, the Commission had said, “The editor of Frontline and TV9 Bharatvarsh has been informed about the misleading reports. Frontline’s editor has acknowledged the mistake and a clarification will be published. Whereas TV9 channel has deleted its telecast.”
Recently the Election Commission (archive Link) has once again issued a clarification on this fake claim after the Supreme Court’s decision.
The Commission issued a clarification on April 5, 2024, calling the claim of 15 lakh EVMs “missing” as fake. The Commission has said that there is no such case of missing EVMs and the Supreme Court has also rejected the petition filed in this matter.
FAQ on Election Commission website Section This question has also been answered. We contacted the Election Commission official regarding the viral claim. He said that a clarification in this regard has been issued on the official social media handle and website of the Commission.
Election Commission Notification (archive) LinkAccording to ), the Lok Sabha elections 2024, to be held in a total of seven phases, will begin with the first phase of voting on April 19, under which voting will be held on a total of 102 seats.
Vishvas News’ election fact check report investigating other misleading and fake claims related to elections Section Can be read in.
Conclusion: The claim that 19 lakh EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) were made “missing” before voting to influence the results of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 is fake and election propaganda. Recently, the Supreme Court has also rejected the petition filed in this case, calling it completely baseless.
- Claim Review : 19 lakh EVMs went missing before the voting of Lok Sabha elections 24.
- Claimed By : FB User-Ansar Ahmed
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2024-04-20 00:15:35
