{"id":8368,"date":"2024-05-20T14:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T14:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/?p=8368"},"modified":"2024-05-20T14:15:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T14:15:02","slug":"fake-exit-poll-image-claims-victory-for-tdp-in-andhra-pradesh-elections-hindustan-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/?p=8368","title":{"rendered":"Fake exit poll image claims victory for TDP in Andhra Pradesh elections – Hindustan Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A screenshot, purportedly showing an exit poll by the Indian news channel Times Now, has gone viral on social media. This image predicts a victory for the regional political party, Telugu Desam Party (TDP), in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly polls.
On May 13, 2024, Andhra Pradesh held simultaneous elections for 25 parliamentary and 175 Assembly constituencies. Social media users shared the image and captioned it, \u201cTimes Now Andhra Pradesh exit poll results are out.\u201d Another user commented, \u201cIt\u2019s not Sakshi or TV9. It\u2019s Times Now channel. Andhra Pradesh exit poll.\u201d Archived versions of such posts can be found here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>.
However, this screenshot is a fabrication. The original image was a screenshot depicting an exit poll published by Times Now during the 2021 Uttar Pradesh elections, which has been altered to create the now-viral image.
We searched Times Now\u2019s social media accounts<\/a> and websites<\/a> for exit poll results but found no data published for the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections.
A reverse image search revealed that Times Now used a similar template<\/a> (archived here<\/a>) while publishing the Uttar Pradesh Opinion Poll in 2021. We discovered that a slide from this opinion poll, published by Times Now on November 16, 2021, was manipulated to create the viral image. The original slide was titled \u201cTIMES NOW-Polstrat #UttarPradesh Opinion Poll SEAT SHARE on India Upfront.\u201d
Upon comparing the images, it is evident how the original was edited. The research partner Polstrat was replaced with ETG, and the state name Uttar Pradesh was changed to Andhra Pradesh. The result numbers and parties were also altered to match the context of Andhra Pradesh\u2019s Assembly polls.<\/p>\n

While ETG, a market research and polling agency, is indeed associated<\/a> (archived here<\/a>) with Times Now, the news channel only published<\/a> (archived here<\/a>) seat share projections for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in Andhra Pradesh on April 4, 2024. This was a pre-poll survey conducted before the Election Commission of India (ECI) imposed a ban on exit poll results.
On May 7, 2024, ETG<\/a> (archived here<\/a>) clarified that \u201cpredictions for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections will only be released on June 1, as per the ECI guidelines.\u201d
Logically Facts has previously debunked<\/a> several such claims regarding counterfeit poll surveys about Andhra Pradesh and various elections across the country.
According to the ECI<\/a> (archived here<\/a>) guidelines released on April 19, 2024, there will be a ban on releasing exit polls from April 19, 7:00 a.m. to June 1, 6:30 p.m. A Press Note released on April 2, 2024, also highlighted Section 126A of the R.P. Act 1951, which prohibits the conduct of an Exit poll and dissemination of its results during the period stated therein.
The viral screenshot is a doctored version of an exit poll published by Times Now during the 2021 Uttar Pradesh elections. This edited image has been shared as the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election’s exit poll results.<\/p>\n

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