A screenshot of an Amar Ujala report is going viral on social media with the headline, “Udaipur News: 700 voters from a single house? Big scam in voting list exposed, physical verification demanded.” With this claim, it is being alleged that in Udaipur, nearly 700 voters have been registered from a single house in the electoral roll, suggesting a big scam in the voting list. The claim has surfaced in the backdrop of the ongoing controversy against the Election Commission of India (ECI) over electoral fraud, called “vote chori” or “vote theft”.
Sharing the screenshot, the handle Neha Singh Rathore wrote, “Vote theft has occurred in every state. Every state’s voter has been deceived.” (Archived link)
हर राज्य में वोटचोरी हुई है.
— Neha Singh Rathore (@nehafolksinger) August 23, 2025
हर राज्य के वोटर को ठगा गया है.#VoterAdhikarYatra #VoteChori #VoteChor #VoteTheft #Votechoriexposed pic.twitter.com/H1tVSNc7zM
Congress worker Ashpak Hussain stated, “After the revelation of vote theft by Rahul Gandhi ji, the layers of the astonishing deeds of BJP’s election department ‘Election Commission’ are being uncovered. In the Badgaon Panchayat of Gogunda Assembly, Udaipur, such a fraud by BJP-EC has come to light that more than 700 voters’ names are registered in a single house.” (Archived link)
राहुल गांधी जी द्वारा #वोट_चोरी के खुलासे के बाद भाजपा के चुनावी डिपार्टमेंट 'इलेक्शन कमीशन' के अद्भुत कारनामों की परतें खुलती जा रही हैं
— Ashpak Hussain (Ashfaq Joiya) (@ashpak_Hussain7) August 22, 2025
गोगुंदा विधानसभा उदयपुर की बड़गांव पंचायत में BJP-EC का ऐसा फर्जीवाड़ा सामने आया है कि एक ही मकान में 700 से ज़्यादा मतदाताओं के नाम दर्ज हैं pic.twitter.com/u1TjoVYg0t
Vinita Bothra claimed, “In the Badgaon Panchayat of Gogunda Assembly (Udaipur), a fraud by BJP-EC has come to light where more than 700 voters’ names are registered in a single house.” (Archived link)
गोगुंदा विधानसभा (उदयपुर) की बड़गांव पंचायत में BJP-EC का ऐसा फर्जीवाड़ा सामने आया है कि एक ही मकान में 700 से ज़्यादा मतदाताओं के नाम दर्ज हैं। pic.twitter.com/MUQCyBy64c
— विनीता जैन (@Vinita_Bothra7) August 22, 2025
The claim was also shared by other handles like Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate (Archived link), Priyanka Gandhi fan page (Archived link), Ved Prakash Vidrohi (Archived link), Pradeep G (Archived link), NK Pandey (Archived link), Rajesh Jakhad (Archived link), and Ajay Morodia (Archived link).
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Fact Check
In the start of our research, we conducted keyword search on Google and found a report by Dainik Bhaskar dated August 23, 2025. According to this report, the claim that in Udaipur, nearly 700 voters have been registered from a single house has turned out to be misleading in ERO investigation.
The investigation was conducted after receiving a complaint of fake names being registered in the voter list of Bargaon. Taking cognizance of the matter, the Voter Registration Authority and the Subdivision Officer of Gogunda were immediately directed to investigate. The investigation found that these 700 voters from the economically weaker section were encroaching on the land of Udaipur Development Authority (UDA). Many voters were living in temporary houses illegally constructed on the government land of UDA. Since these voters do not have a valid address, they have been registered in the voter list by allocating notional (dummy) numbers, which refers to a placeholder house number for voters without a formal address.
The report further states that Collector Namit Mehta has also clarified that the complaint of fake or bogus names being added to the voter list was found to be factually incorrect and misleading.
Following this, we contacted a local journalist who told us that the complaint was filed by a man named Sanjay Sharma. Through this journalist, we contacted the complainant Sanjay Sharma. While speaking to him, he told us that these voters in question were living illegally on UDA land. After the action by the authorities, these individuals vacated the illegally occupied land. However, Sharma questioned that why their names still remain on the voter list even after they left the area. That is why he has lodged this complaint. He also shared a voter list with us.
We checked the voter lists and found that all the voters have their house number recorded as 111. After this searched for the EPIC number on the official website of the Election Commission. With the help of the EPIC number, we were able to contact Booth Level Officer (BLO) Sunil Bhatt. He explained to us that it was originally a hilly area, Magra basti, where these people had encroached and were living illegally. All these persons were registered as voters and were genuine voters. Later, the UDA carried out an eviction drive and cleared the encroachment. Due to this, these voters do not live here and have moved to nearby areas. Since, they were living in temporary huts and not in permanent houses, they did not have proper house numbers. Around 15-20 years ago, the BLO of that time allotted them house number 111.
He further said that they have now settled at the base of the hilly area, though some of them may have migrated. The names of those who have migrated are still in the voter list, and there is a proper procedure to remove their name from the list. For voters who have migrated, their family members, friends or neighbours have to come forward and fill Form 7 and confirm with signature that they have migrated. Only after this, their names will be removed from the electoral roll. However, no one is willing to sign the form seven, which is why their names still remain on the list. BLOs cannot delete names themselves as any political party may later raise objection saying that their voter’s name has been wrongly deleted.
The BLO also provided us with a video clip of individuals who had earlier been residing in Magra Basti and their house numbers were recorded as 111. In the video, they stated that they had lived in the area for many years, but the government later made them vacate the land. They were then resettled on government-allotted land.
With the help of BLO Sunil Bhatt, we also managed to contact Yashwant Gameti, the Congress Ward Panchayat of the area where these voters were living illegally. He also informed that these people were living illegally in temporary huts on UDA land for the last 10-12 years. Later, after the eviction drive by UDA, they vacated the land. All these people were registered as voters and these are not fake or bogus voters. Though some of these people have migrated from the area, their names should be removed from the voter list.
After this, we received details of some voters from the list provided by Sanjay Sharma. All of these voters have house number 111, and they were residents of Magra Basti. Their EPIC numbers can be taken from here and searched on the Matdata Seva Portal, where house number 111 is recorded for all of them.
Saroj Bhatt/EPIC-ZTT1112515
Hansraj Bhatt/EPIC- ZTT1112929
Basanti Bai Mogiya/EPIC- ZTT1172238
Tamubai/EPIC- ZTT1112721
Rajesh Mogiya/EPIC- ZTT1172212
Dhapu Bhatt/EPIC- ZTT1047018
In conclusion, the claim that there are 700 voters registered from a single house in Bargaon village, Udaipur, is misleading. All these 700 voters are genuine voters and not fake. These individuals were living illegally on a government land. Since none of them had a permanent home and address, they were allotted the notional number 111. This is a part of the electoral process. Notional numbers are given when the house or residence of the voters is not given a proper, officially assigned number. This usually happens in cases such as slums or informal settlements where people live in temporary huts or clusters without official house numbers, villages where houses cannot be numbered systematically, or encroached or disputed lands where residents are living without legal housing records.
| Claim | In Udaipur, nearly 700 voters have been registered from a single house. |
| Claimed by | Supriya Shrinate, Neha Singh Rathore, Vinita Bothra, and others |
| Fact Check | The claim of 700 voters from a single house in Bargaon, Udaipur, is misleading. These are genuine voters who earlier lived on government land and, lacking permanent addresses, were collectively allotted the notional number 111 under the electoral process. |
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