Fact Check: Are there more votes than voters in Talner, Maharashtra? Know the truth of the viral claim

New Delhi: In the elections held on 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra, BJP performed strongly and won 132 seats alone. After which BJP has become the largest party in Maharashtra elections. With this victory, now a grand alliance government is going to be formed in Maharashtra. However, many analyzes are being done on social media regarding this victory of BJP. Recently many posts have gone viral on social media. In which it was claimed that there is a village in Maharashtra where the total voters are 396 but when the votes were counted, 624 votes were found there. Many users on social media have claimed doubling of votes.

What did the users claim?

Many users on social media claimed that the voting got doubled in the counting of votes in Talner of Kannada assembly constituency of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district. A user named @Ayush_singhAs wrote – Election Commission has done the miracle of Duggal Saheb, total votes in the village 396, votes from EVM 624. You might be wondering where this vote came from, just know, it comes from the back door of the strong room.

another user @surbhim Claimed massive EVM manipulation in Maharashtra elections, total votes in Talner village of Kannada Assembly are 396. When 312 votes were counted, 624 votes were found from the EVM machine.

The truth came out in the investigation

However, when the Vigilant team fact-checked this claim, the truth turned out to be something else. During investigation, the team found a post from the official X handle of District Information Office Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. In which all these claims were rejected. In that post, the Collector and District Election Officer said that all the claims made on social media are false. Wrong information is being shared on social media regarding the voting data of Talner polling station number 12. District Information Office Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar said on ) was created.

Number of voters at the booth-

• Male voters -216
• Female voters-180
• total-396

how much voting took place

• Male voters-178
• Female voter-134
• Total voting- 312

Which candidate got how many votes?

conclusion: The claim of double the number of votes in Talner village of Kannada Assembly turned out to be false. Vigilant team investigated: This claim was made to tarnish the image of the Election Commission. The official X handle of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar made a post proving all the claims as fake.