Claim: In the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, 171 votes were cast at a polling booth in Assam's Dima Hasao district, where there were only 90 voters.
Fact-check: Voting irregularity incident from Assam's 2021 assembly elections falsely linked to ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha polls - FACTLY
Verdict: the incident took place during the 2021 assembly polls in assam, held in april 2021, and is not related to the ongoing 2024 lok sabha polls. the chief electoral officer of assam clarified regarding this viral claim through a x  post, clarifying that the incident occurred during the 2021 assembly elections and is not recent. hence, the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Akshay Kumar Appani
Date published: 2024-05-07T09:07:36