Rahul Gandhi's Karnataka fake voter claims and the Election Commission's response?

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Rahul Gandhi did present ECI data alleging duplicate voters in Karnataka, but the claim that the Election Commission gave no point-by-point response is false. Rahul Gandhi presented data from the Election Commission website alleging over one lakh duplicate and fake voters in Karnataka's Mahadevapura seat. However, the Reel falsely asserts that the Election Commission failed to give a point-by-point justification; Akashvani News and Organiser report that the Commission issued a detailed point-by-point rebuttal and challenged Gandhi to submit a sworn declaration.

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Checked 2 Nov 2026
Main source: ECI Rejects Rahul Gandhi’s Vote Theft Allegations, Demands Apology or Signed Declaration | Akashvani News

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The Election Commission issued a point-by-point rebuttal and challenged Rahul Gandhi to sign a sworn declaration or apologize.

“The Commission asked Mr Gandhi to either sign the declaration on issues he raised during the press conference which he believes is true or else apologise to the nation.” ECI Rejects Rahul Gandhi’s Vote Theft Allegations, Demands Apology or Signed Declaration | Akashvani News

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The election commission has given no point-by-point justification for this till now.“The Commission asked Mr Gandhi to either sign the declaration on issues he raised during the press conference which he believes is true or else apologise to the nation.”ECI Rejects Rahul Gandhi’s Vote Theft Allegations, Demands Apology or Signed Declaration | Akashvani News

Rahul Gandhi showed election commission data to prove that there were duplicate fake voters in our 2024 Lok Sabha elections.“All the data we have here is from the 2024 elections, sourced from the Election Commission”'Are fake voters being added': EC colluding with BJP to steal elections, alleges Rahul Gandhi - The Tribune

Rahul Gandhi said that one lakh fake voters were found in just one assembly seat in Karnataka.“All the data we have here is from the 2024 elections, sourced from the Election Commission”'Are fake voters being added': EC colluding with BJP to steal elections, alleges Rahul Gandhi - The Tribune

There are duplicate voters in the election commission's voter list.No reliable source found for this yet.

What the Reel doesn't tell you

The Election Commission issued a point-by-point rebuttal to Rahul Gandhi's allegations and challenged him under electoral rules to sign a sworn declaration or apologize to the nation.
The Election Commission rejected Rahul Gandhi's allegations of vote theft as baseless and unfounded, issuing a point-by-point rebuttal and asking him to submit a sworn declaration under Rule 20(3)(b) or apologize (Organiser, Akashvani News).
Rahul Gandhi stated that because the data was drawn directly from the Election Commission's website, he was not required to sign an affidavit (The Hindu).

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🌗 PARTLY TRUE 👉 Rahul Gandhi did present ECI data alleging duplicate voters in Karnataka, but the claim that the Election Commission gave no point-by-point response is false. 👉 Rahul Gandhi presented data from the Election Commission website alleging over one lakh duplicate and fake voters in Karnataka's Mahadevapura seat. 📰 Sources: All India Radio, Organiser 🔎 Full check: send this Reel to @checkthis.chat