Morphed opinion poll graphic shows BJP winning majority in 2023 Karnataka polls

Hyderabad: An opinion poll graphic of ABP News for the 2023 Karnataka elections is going viral on social media. The prediction shows Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) winning 115–127 seats and the Congress Party winning 68–80 seats. (Click here and here to see more posts.)

The Assembly elections in the state is scheduled on 10 May, and the results will be announced on 13 May.

Fact Check

NewsMeter found that the viral graphic is morphed and does not show the correct prediction.

The viral graphic carries the logo of ABP News and has also credited C-voter for the opinion poll. Taking this as a cue, we ran a keyword search on ABP’s YouTube channel for the recent opinion poll and found a panel discussion on the C-voter opinion poll live-streamed on 29 March.

At around the 1.20-hour mark, a graphic appears that shows Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) winning 68–80 seats and the Congress Party winning 115–127 seats.

We also found a short clip from the video tweeted by the official handle of ABP News on 29 March. This clip also shows Congress winning the majority.

Here is the comparison of the original graphic and the edited graphic.

Hence, we conclude that the viral opinion poll predicting BJP’s majority in the 2023 Karnataka elections is morphed and does not show the real figure.