By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: Social media posts claiming the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won 30 seats with a margin of less than 500 votes and won more than 100 seats with a margin of less than 1000 votes, are viral online. Fact: BOOM analysed data published by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and found that the lowest victory margin for a seat won by the BJP is 1587 votes, thus rendering the claim false. Tools used: BOOM found that the lowest victory margin was not below 1587 votes. The three Lok Sabha seats where the BJP secured the narrowest victory margins were – 1) Jajpur (Odisha)…