US President Donald Trump made an apparent mix-up on Monday after claiming that 125 million people had voted in the first round of “India’s Presidential Election”, when the figures he referred to appear to relate to Brazil’s presidential election held on Sunday, October 4. India does not elect its President through a direct nationwide popular vote, while Brazil held the first round of its presidential election on Sunday.

Trump made the claim in a post on Truth Social while criticising the time taken to count votes in the United States. Referring to the figure of 125 million voters, he appeared to attribute the turnout to India’s presidential election. The reference came a day after Brazil held the first round of voting, suggesting that Trump may have mistakenly identified the country in his post.

Trump used the comparison to question the pace of vote counting in the United States. He wrote that election results in places including Detroit and Philadelphia, as well as California and other cities and states, can take weeks despite involving smaller numbers of votes. He used the Brazilian election figure to argue that American election results should be processed more quickly.

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The US President concluded his post by declaring, “Voting in America is CORRUPT”. The post also contained a visible correction, with Trump initially writing the word “Rig” before changing it to “calculate”. The sequence added to the attention surrounding the post as social media users examined his reference to India and the apparent connection with Brazil’s election.

Brazil’s first-round presidential election was held on October 4, with voters choosing among candidates seeking the presidency. The country uses a two-round system when no candidate secures more than half of the valid votes in the first round. The election has therefore been closely watched as Brazil determines which candidates will advance to the next stage of the presidential contest.

Trump’s reference to an “India Presidential Election” was inaccurate because India’s President is elected indirectly by an electoral college comprising elected representatives rather than through a direct vote by the country’s population. His post instead appeared to be referring to Brazil’s presidential election and its reported voting figures, making the country mix-up the central error in his statement.

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