The 7th and final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was over on 01 June 2024. Following the conclusion of this last phase, several agencies have released their exit polls. In this context, a post accompanied by a graphic allegedly showing exit poll results released by India News and D-Dynamics, published by the Malayali media house Reporter TV, is being widely shared across social media platforms (here & here). This poll indicates that the I.N.D.I.A bloc is expected to win 294 seats, the BJP-led N.D.A bloc will win 206 seats, and others will secure 43 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Through this article, let’s verify the authenticity of this viral post.
Claim: India News and D-Dynamics exit polls predict that the I.N.D.I.A bloc will win 294 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Fact: This viral graphic, showing India News and D-Dynamics exit polls predicting that the I.N.D.I.A bloc will win 294 seats, is edited. The original post shared by Malayali media house Reporter TV on their social media accounts regarding India News and D-Dynamics’ 2024 Lok Sabha elections exit poll results has been altered to create this viral graphic. The actual exit polls from India News and D-Dynamics predict that the BJP-led N.D.A bloc will win 371 seats, the I.N.D.I.A bloc will win 125 seats, and others will secure 47 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
By reverse image searching the graphic in the viral post, we found the original graphic shared by the Malayali media house Reporter TV on their social media accounts (here & here), showing the exit poll results released by India News and D-Dynamics. This graphic shows that India News and D-Dynamics exit polls predict the BJP-led N.D.A bloc will win 371 seats, the I.N.D.I.A bloc will win 125 seats, and others will secure 47 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
We then checked the official website of India News and their social media accounts (here, here, and here) regarding the 2024 Lok Sabha elections exit polls released by them. We found that their exit polls predict the BJP-led N.D.A bloc will win 371 seats, the I.N.D.I.A bloc will win 125 seats, and others will secure 47 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Additional news reports regarding the 2024 Lok Sabha exit polls released by India News and D-Dynamics can be seen here, here, and here.
To sum up, this graphic that shows India News and D-Dynamics exit polls predicting that the I.N.D.I.A bloc will win 294 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, is fake.