During the 2021 assembly elections in Assam, a case of 171 votes was cast despite there being 90 voters at a polling booth in Haflong assembly constituency of Dima Hasao district. After this, five officers were suspended for negligence and instructions were given to conduct re-election at that polling station. A misleading claim is being made by calling that incident about the Lok Sabha elections.
New Delhi (Vishvas News). Voting has been held on 10 seats of Assam in two phases of Lok Sabha elections 2024. Meanwhile, a post is going viral on social media. It is being claimed that the total number of voters at a booth in Dima Hasao district of Assam was 90, while 171 votes were cast in EVMs. Five officers have been suspended in this case. Some users are sharing it as breaking and linking it to the Lok Sabha elections.
Vishvas News found in its investigation that this case in Dima Hasao district of Assam happened during the assembly elections held in 2021. Due to the negligence of election officials, voters from one polling center had cast their votes at another centre. After this, along with suspending five officers, re-polling was ordered at that booth. This matter has no connection with the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
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Vishvas News tipline number +91 9599299372 But the user sent a screenshot of the post of this X handle and requested to tell its truth. It is written in it,
“BREAKING: Follow There were only 90 voters at a booth in Dima Hasao district of Assam, but 171 votes were cast in EVM, 5 Election Commission officers suspended”
X user Samajwadi Prahari posted this type of post on May 3 (archive link) shared.
Facebook user Chandra Bhanu Yadav (archive link) has also posted this claim.
investigation
To verify the viral claim, we searched about it on Google using keywords. News 18 on 6 April 2021 Website But in the news published quoting news agency Bhasha, it is written that a strange incident has come to light at a polling booth in Haflong assembly constituency of Dima Hasao district. At polling station 107 (A) of Khothleer LP School, 90 voters were registered and a total of 171 votes were cast. After the matter came to light, five election officials have been suspended. There was 74 percent voting here on April 1. The District Election Officer has proposed to hold re-polling here. The Election Commission has suspended the Sector Officer, Presiding Officer, First Polling Officer, Second Polling Officer and Third Polling Officer in this matter. An official had said that the village head had brought his voter list and had refused to accept the list here. The villagers had cast their votes according to the list of the village head.
AajTak’s on 5 April 2021 Website But it is written in the published news that a case of irregularities has come to light during the second phase of Assam Assembly elections. Five officials were suspended in connection with irregularities at the polling booth in Haflong assembly constituency. There is talk of re-polling here.
AajTak’s on 10 April 2021 Website But according to the news published, the Election Commission of India has ordered re-polling at four polling stations in three assembly constituencies of Assam. Re-polling will be held here on April 20. Among them is 107A Khothleer LP School of Haflong Assembly constituency. There were 90 voters here, while the number of votes cast was more than that. District Election Officer of Dima Hasao said that a group of voters from Muldam Lower Primary School polling station had cast their votes at the polling station located at Khothleer Lower Primary School. Due to this negligence, five polling officials were suspended.
india.com But the news of the order for re-voting can be seen at this polling station of Haflong assembly constituency.
We talked to Simanta Kumar Das, District Election Officer of Dima Hasao district, about this. He says, False claim is going viral on social media. During the 2021 assembly elections, such a case came to light in Haflong assembly constituency, after which re-elections were held there.
Released by the Election Commission of India on 16 March press release According to , voting is to be held in three phases for a total of 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam. Voting has taken place on five seats in the first phase on April 19 and five seats in the second phase on April 26. In the third phase, voting will be held on four seats in Assam on May 7.
Dainik Jagran’s Website According to the report published on, Dima falls in Hasao Autonomous District Lok Sabha constituency. People of tribal groups live in this area. The second phase of voting was held here on 26 April.
X who made misleading claims by linking the old case to the Lok Sabha elections user We scanned his profile. A user influenced by a political party has more than seven thousand followers.
conclusion:
During the 2021 assembly elections in Assam, a case of 171 votes was cast despite there being 90 voters at a polling booth in Haflong assembly constituency of Dima Hasao district. After this, five officers were suspended for negligence and instructions were given to conduct re-election at that polling station. A misleading claim is being made by calling that incident about the Lok Sabha elections.
- Claim Review : The total number of voters at a booth in Dima Hasao district of Assam was 90, while 171 votes were cast in EVMs.
- Claimed By : X User-Samajwadi Prahari
- Fact Check : misleading
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