Fake BBC Survey Predicting BJP's Win in Karnataka Assembly Election Goes Viral

This is a fake survey and was not conducted by the BBC.

A survey purportedly conducted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) showing Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) victory in the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections by winning more than 140 seats is going viral on social media.

The claim states that in this survey, BJP won 130-142 seats, Congress won 58-66 seats, Janata Dal (Secular) won 22-29 seats while others won 1-3 seats.

(Archives of similar claims can be seen here and here. We also recieved a query about this claim on our WhatsApp tipline.)

What's the truth?: No such survey for Karnataka elections was conducted by BBC this year.

How did we find out the truth?: We opened the link seen in the claim and it opened the 'Karnataka' topic page of BBC Hindi.

• The link did not lead us to any report or survey conducted by BBC Hindi about the Karnataka assembly elections.

• We also checked BBC India's website and social media handles but found no such survey.

• A similar claim about BBC releasing survey results about Karnataka elections was going viral in 2018.

• BBC had dismissed the claims then.

A fake survey on Karnataka polls has been circulating on Whats App and claims to be from BBC News. We'd like to make absolutely clear that it's a #fake and does not come from the BBC. The BBC does not commission pre-election surveys in India. #fakenews

— BBC News India (@BBCIndia) May 7, 2018

We have contacted BBC for a quote and the story will be updated once we recieve a response.

Conclusion: A fake survey under the name of BBC Hindi is going viral on the internet showing BJP's win in Karnataka assembly elections.

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