Washington, D.C., USA – In an apparent faux pas, U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned India in a social media post to claim that the electoral process in the U.S. was “corrupt,” when there were no elections in India, and the post clearly appeared to be about the presidential election in Brazil. The message was later corrected. In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump claimed that “125 million people voted in India’s Presidential elections and the results came out shortly after the vote closed.
“”Voting in America is CORRUPT,” Trump said, referring to the weeks taken for the counting of votes in elections in U.S. cities and states. “125 Million People voted today in the first round of India’s Presidential Election. The results came out shortly after the vote closed, on the SAME DAY,” he said. “In Detroit, Philadelphia, California, and numerous other U.S. Cities and States, the results, with much smaller numbers, will often take weeks to Rig, I mean, calculate. Voting in America is CORRUPT,” the U.S.
president said.The reference to India appeared to be a possible mix-up with Brazil. Brazil held the first round of its presidential election on Sunday, with 125.27 million valid votes recorded, according to the country’s electoral authority. Results began to be released at 5 p.m., when voting ended, and were updated as ballots were received and processed. Brazilians voted in the presidential election pitting incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva against Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
With neither able to secure a majority in the first round, the run-off election will be held on October 25.India, meanwhile, did not hold a presidential election. President Droupadi Murmu, who took office in July 2022, is the current President of India. Also, Indians do not directly elect their President. The President is elected by an Electoral College comprising elected members of both Houses of Parliament and elected members of the legislative assemblies of the states and union territories through a system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote. India had nearly 980 million registered electors in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
