Summary
False – Contrary to social media posts, the Workers' Party (PT) selected 248 candidates for mayor in the first round of the 2024 municipal elections, showing growth in the number of candidates elected since the 2020 first round. The party won 179 municipalities.
Content examined: One in X The Labor Party (PT) won only the mayoral race in 46 municipalities. Another content published on Telegram says that Brazil is “reduced”.
Where published: X and Telegram.
Comprova result: The author of the post on X is false in saying that PT won only 46 city halls in the first round of elections. Municipalities of elections 2024. Data from the High Electoral Court (TSE) show that in fact, 248 mayoral candidates were elected for the party. A total of 120 people won the re-election. As a result, the PT ranked 9th among the parties with the most candidates elected in the country.
Another post on Telegram said the country was “reduced”. A 'bolsonarista' glossary prepared by an Estadão defines the term “despetizar/depetização” as a neologism. The term was used by Civil House Minister Onix Lorenzoni during the government of Jair Bolsonaro (PL), who said the government should “dishonor Brazil”; That means firing all employees who don't align with the president's right-wing ideology.
O informal dictionary, in turn, defines the term depetização as “depetizing, the effect of ceasing to be a member of the PT”.
However, PT increased the number of city halls it won in the last elections from 179 in the first round of 2020 to 248 in the first round of 2024, a report that escapes the current political climate.
In addition to the city halls already won, the PT will compete in the second round in 13 municipalities, including 4 capitals, namely: Cuiabá (MT), Fortaleza (CE), Natal (RN) and Porto Alegre (RS).
The Liberal Party (PL), mentioned in one of the disinformation pieces, elected 510 mayors this year, in the two capitals of Rio Franco (AC) and Maceió (AL). The number is the same as mentioned in the misleading content (citing 508 city halls). In the first round of the 2020 elections, the party elected mayors in 343 municipalities. With two capitals (Rio Franco and Maceo with re-elected mayors in 2024).
Comprova was unable to contact those responsible for the publication as their profiles on Telegram and X do not allow sending messages.
For LieComprova, content invented or edited to change its original meaning and intentionally disseminated to spread falsehood.
Output will reach: Comprova investigates massive amounts of suspicious content on social media. As of October 11, the content posted on X has received over 1.2 thousand views. Content shared on Telegram was viewed 2.9 thousand times.
Sources we consulted: We consulted the election data in the Election Statistics section of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) portal.
Why did Comprova review this publication?: Comprova monitors suspicious content posted on social networks and messaging apps about public policy, health, climate change and elections and opens investigations into publications with high reach and engagement. Checks can also be recommended through WhatsApp +55 11 97045-4984.
Other tests on the topic: A examines the material further for facts and comes to the conclusion that the publication published in X is false. In 2022, Cambrova investigated and concluded that it was a false video of the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Luis Roberto Barroso, who said that he was against the PT. has nothing to do with
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