False Claims About BJP’s Number of Seats in the Recent Assembly Polls Go Viral!

The viral claim is false. BJP won 54 seats in Chhattisgarh; 163 in MP and 115 in Rajasthan.

Fact-Check: This claim is false. BJP did not secure these numbers in the assembly elections. 

(Source: Altered by The Quint) 

Following the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh in the recent Assembly elections, a viral social media post has claimed that the party secured seats in the multiples of 56 in the three states.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot) 

(Archives of similar claims can be found here, here and here.)

Is this true?: This claim is false.

• According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), BJP won the following numbers: 54 in Chhattisgarh, 163 in MP and 115 in Rajasthan.

How did we find out?: We looked for the party-wise election results on the ECI website.

Chhattisgarh: The BJP won 54 seats and emerged as the leading party in Chhattisgarh. It did not win 56 seats as claimed in the viral post.

Madhya Pradesh: The BJP-led government in Madhya Pradesh secured 163 seats and not 168 seats as claimed.

Rajasthan: The party won in the state by securing 115 seats and not 112 as claimed in the viral post.

Here is the party-wise results provided by the ECI. 

(Source: ECI/Screenshot) 

State Assembly Elections: Out of the five states that went to polls, the BJP secured a victory in three states, except Telangana, where Congress won, and Mizoram, where the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) has come to power.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi attributed this victory to the voters and the party workers.

Conclusion: Clearly, the viral post is false. The BJP did not win seats in the multiples of 56 in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

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