Claim: In the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, a total of 5,04,313 additional votes were counted. The ECI reported 6,40,88,195 votes polled, but 6,45,92,508 votes were counted. In Ashti, 4,538 more votes were counted than polled, and in Osmanabad, the excess was 4,155 votes.
Fact-check: Social media posts falsely claim that 5,04,313 additional votes were counted in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections - FACTLY
Verdict: on 22 november 2024, the chief electoral officer  of maharashtra published data on their website regarding the total votes polled in the 2024 maharashtra assembly elections. according to this data, the total number of votes polled across all 288 assembly constituencies using evms in maharashtra was 6,40,88,195, which does not include the 5,38,225 postal ballot votes. adding the postal ballots to the evm vote count brings the total number of votes polled to 6,46,26,420. according to the ceo of maharashtra, the total votes counted, including postal ballots, amounted to 6,45,92,508. hence, the total votes counted are not more than the total votes polled. the valid postal ballot votes counted in the ashti and osmanabad assembly constituencies were 4,538 and 4,155, respectively. these are not excess votes. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Akshay Kumar Appani
Date published: 2024-11-27T11:44:42