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Fact Check: Republic TV did not conduct any pre-election survey for AP Assembly polls

Andhra Pradesh is preparing for the upcoming assembly and general elections in April/May 2024. A few organizations are conducting pre-election surveys to predict which party, TDP alliance or YCP, has better prospects for victory.

By 10 Feb 2024 4:00 AM GMT
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  • Claim :

    Republic TV published pre-election survey for Andhra Pradesh state assembly polls

  • Fact :

    Republic did not conduct any such survey, the graphics shared do not show real survey results

Andhra Pradesh is preparing for the upcoming assembly and general elections in April/May 2024. A few organizations are conducting pre-election surveys to predict which party, TDP alliance or YCP, has better prospects for victory. The pre-poll survey outcome by ELECSENSE predicts 122 MLA seats for the YSRC party and 53 seats for the TDP and JS alliance. India Today's ‘Mood of the Nation’ survey predicted that out of 25 MP seats in Andhra Pradesh, TDP will win 17 and the YSRC party is expected to win the remaining 8 seats.

Another graphic claiming to be the survey conducted by Republic TV is shared virally on social media with the claim that it shows the pre-poll survey for the assembly seats in the state of Andhra Pradesh as of 08-02-2024.

Some of the social media users are sharing the survey results showing 132 seats for the TDP JS alliance, 41 seats for the YSRC party, and 2 for others.


Others shared the survey results showing 132 seats for the YSRC party, 41 for the TDP JS alliance, and 2 seats for others.




A few users shared a pie chart graphic in Telugu language with the RTV logo and the source quoted is www.republicworld.com


Fact Check:

The claim is False. No such survey has been published by the Republic TV network.

When observed, we see that the graphics have the same numbers but some users are showing graphics with maximum seats to the YSRC party while some users are sharing the graphics showing maximum seats to the TDP-JS alliance.

The graphic in the Telugu language can be seen displaying the logo of the RTV News Network while showing the source as www.republicworld.com.


When we checked the website of Republic World, we could not find any survey published by them.

Upon further search, we found an X user commented on one of the viral posts shared that the Republic TV network has refuted the claims of conducting any such survey.

There was no information found on their website and Republic TV also issued a statement on its social media accounts stating “It has come to our notice that fake propaganda is being circulated using the morphed logo of Republic Media Network. It is clarified that the Republic has not conducted any pre-election survey in the state of Andhra Pradesh, as is being falsely circulated.”


Hence, the graphics in circulation in the name of Republic TV survey are all hoax messages. There is no such survey conducted by Republic TV. The claim is False.

Claim :   Republic TV published pre-election survey for Andhra Pradesh state assembly polls
Claimed By :  Social media users
Claim Reviewed By :  Telugupost Fact Check
Claim Source :  Social media
Fact Check :  False
News Summary - Republic TV did not conduct any pre-election survey for AP Assembly polls
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Satya Priya BN

A motivated professional with a zeal to learn with more than 7 years of experience as a Content and Digital manager in Press, Electronic, and Digital media. Fact checker with more than 4 years of experience in fact checking. Trained by Google News Initiative India Training Network. Fact check trainer, Factshala Trainer, BBC Young Reporter India Trainer and also participated in Trauma literacy training. Worked in Newsmeter.in as a Fact Check Lead from September 2019 to October 2021. Worked as a Freelance Senior Researcher with BBC World Service, Investigations Unit from January 2022 to Aril 2022 and also as Freelance Fact Checker for Newsmeter.in Also Conducting workshops on Fact Checking for various communities including Media students etc. Conducted fact checking workshops for school students as part of pilot project – BBC Young Reporter India in the past few months. Participated in Workshop on Countering Disinformation for Telugu Television Reporters conducted by US Consulate General and Osmania University in 2022 as Trainer. Trained the journalists on several topics of Fact checking such as Types of misinformation, Tools and Techniques of photo and video verification, Geolocation, writing fact checks, Health fact checking etc. Co-authored the first Fact check manual- “How to write Fact-checks” in Telugu language as part of the workshop. Presently working as Fact check lead in Telugupost.com.
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