Claim: In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, there is a discrepancy between the votes polled and the votes counted in the Electronic Voting Machines  in Varanasi.
Fact-check: An old video of a man alleging vote mismatch in Varanasi is now being falsely shared in the context of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections results - FACTLY
Verdict: the same video went viral before the start of the 2024 lok sabha elections, i.e., before 19 april 2024. this implies that the viral video mentioned the 2019 elections. the eci has dismissed claims about discrepancies between the votes polled and counted for the varanasi constituency in the 2019 lok sabha elections. according to the eci, the total electorate in the 2019 varanasi elections was 18,56,791. out of these, 10,58,744 voted using evms. as per the eci, the total number of registered voters in the varanasi lok sabha constituency is 19,97,578 for the 2024 lok sabha general elections. according to the 2024 lok sabha election results published by the eci, pm modi, who contested from the varanasi lok sabha seat, won the election with a margin of 1,52,513 votes. in this election, the total number of votes polled in the varanasi lok sabha constituency was 11,30,143 of which 11,27,081 were evm votes and 3,062 were postal ballot votes. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Akshay Kumar Appani
Date published: 2024-06-12T07:17:16