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| - A video showing news bulletins of ABP News broadcasting opinion polls' results predicting Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) landslide victory in Delhi elections is going viral.
The claim says in Hindi, "ABP survey predicts 58 to 60 seats for Aam Aadmi Party; AAP- 58-60 seats, BJP - 10-12 seats, Congress - 0; Key findings from the survey: Delhiites are voting against goons; Nearly 75% women are voting for Kejriwal; The magic is intact, Kejriwal is returning. (sic)"
This comes after Delhi went to polls of Wednesday, 5 February.
How did we find out the truth?: We checked ABP News' official X (formerly Twitter) account to see whether they have posted this video.
However, we did not find any such report or post about a survey showcasing these numbers.
We did find a dismissal from the media outlet which clarified that this video is fake.
It stated, "A fake video is being circulated on social media in the name of ABP News. No such opinion poll has been conducted by ABP News."
We then performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the video video on Google which led us to the original bulletin on ABP News.
This was shared on their YouTube channel on 28 January 2025 and the anchor is seen talking about Rahul Gandhi's participating in the election campaign rally.
It does not mention anything about Kejriwal or any survey predicting AAP's win.
Audio spoof analysis: We scanned the video on AI-detection tools, Contrails AI, and the results confidently marked this as fake.
It concluded that there are clear signs of AI based manipulation in the audio.
Conclusion: A fake survey in the name of ABP News' predicting AAP's landslide victory in Delhi elections is going viral online.
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