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“Firhad Hakim, a minister in the West Bengal government and Mayor of Kolkata, arranged for a 9-year-old child (his daughter or granddaughter) to cast a vote in an election.”

Available reporting supports only that Firhad Hakim brought family members to the polling booth and a 9-year-old granddaughter was photographed with an ink mark. Credible accounts describe this as ink applied “for fun,” and none of the cited sources provides official confirmation, booth testimony, or records showing the child was issued a ballot or voted. The allegation that Hakim arranged for a minor to cast a vote is not substantiated.

“Roberto Sánchez's vote increments in the 2026 Peruvian general election, between 63.3% and 91.3% of counted actas, display a statistically anomalous linear pattern that is inconsistent with natural demographic variation.”

No source in the available evidence presents the statistical analysis, increment series, or anomaly test that this claim treats as established fact. Multiple credible outlets — including the EU observer mission, AFP, and MercoPress — attribute Roberto Sánchez's vote gains during the cited window to the well-documented compositional effect of late-arriving rural and Andean ballot tallies, which is a textbook example of natural demographic variation, not an anomaly inconsistent with it.

“Statistical analysis of the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election results in Budapest has identified anomalies, including unusually similar vote percentages for the Tisza Party across multiple districts, which analysts suggest may indicate centralized manipulation or electoral fraud.”

No credible source in the available evidence reports or references a post-election statistical analysis finding unusually similar Tisza Party vote percentages across Budapest districts. The only source directly addressing this narrative debunks it, stating observed variation falls within normal ranges. The claim conflates real but unrelated pre-election irregularities — such as registration fraud in a single district — with a fabricated post-election statistical finding, creating a misleading impression of centralized manipulation that no analyst or study has actually documented.