{"id":32564,"date":"2026-10-05T04:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T04:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=32564"},"modified":"2026-10-05T04:52:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T04:52:22","slug":"presidential-election-today-trump-confuses-india-with-brazil-claims-125-million-voted-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=32564","title":{"rendered":"Presidential election today? Trump confuses India with Brazil, claims 125 million voted | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134685868,imgsize-86179,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/donald-trump.jpg\" alt=\"Presidential election today? Trump confuses India with Brazil, claims 125 million voted\" title=\"Trump says &quot;125 million Indians voted in presidential election today.&quot;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Trump says &quot;125 million Indians voted in presidential election today.&quot;\">Trump says &#8220;125 million Indians voted in presidential election today.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>US President Donald Trump on Monday confused India with Brazil, claiming that 125 million people had voted in an Indian \u201cpresidential election\u201d, while also questioning the integrity of the American voting system.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, \u201c125 Million People voted today in the first round of India\u2019s Presidential Election. The results came out shortly after the vote closed, on the same day!\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>He then compared the alleged election results with the US electoral process, writing, \u201cIn Detroit, Philadelphia, California, and numerous other US Cities and States, the results, with much smaller numbers, will often take weeks to Rig, I mean, calculate. Voting in America is corrupt!!!\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>However, India did not hold a presidential election on Sunday. <!-- -->The President of India is elected indirectly by an electoral college and not through a direct nationwide popular vote.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Trump&#8217;s remarks came after Brazil held the first round of its presidential election on Sunday, with incumbent President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva and right-wing challenger Fl\u00e1vio Bolsonaro advancing to the October 25 runoff.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>With 99.99% of the votes counted, Bolsonaro secured 47.03% of the valid votes, while Lula received 45.16%, according to Brazil&#8217;s Superior Electoral Court.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>The figure of around 125 million mentioned by Trump is close to Brazil&#8217;s total valid votes, which stood at about 125.27 million, suggesting he may have confused the Brazilian election with India.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Neither Bolsonaro nor Lula crossed the 50% threshold required to win in the first round, triggering the October 25 runoff, BBC reported.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Fl\u00e1vio Bolsonaro, the son of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, outperformed expectations in the first round and finished ahead of Lula. <!-- -->His strong showing has raised the prospect of a shift to the right in Latin America&#8217;s largest economy.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Brazil has used electronic voting for decades, and electoral authorities said the first-round voting process proceeded smoothly.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>The Organization of American States&#8217; electoral observation mission said \u201cthe voting has been going smoothly and under adequate safety conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>The rapid announcement of results has also been cited as a strength of Brazil&#8217;s electronic voting system.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>\u201cWhen results take a lot of time, it creates an opening for people to cast doubt on the results, to say there\u2019s been a problem,\u201d Josemar Lauriano Pereira, a 46-year-old lawyer in Rio de Janeiro, told the Associated Press.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>Trump&#8217;s post drew reactions on social media, with users pointing out that India does not elect its president through a direct popular vote.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>One user posted, \u201cTrump living in a different world? Is a presidential election taking place in India? President Donald Trump made the incorrect claim that 125 million people voted in India&#8217;s &#8220;presidential election&#8221; today.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/>Another said, \u201cWhat is my blud Donald Trump smoking? Why is he mentioning India instead of Brazil when talking about the election?\u201d<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/presidential-election-today-trump-confuses-india-with-brazil-claims-125-million-voted\/articleshow\/134685727.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says &#8220;125 million Indians voted in presidential election today.&#8221; US President Donald Trump on Monday confused India with Brazil, claiming that 125 million people had voted in an Indian \u201cpresidential election\u201d, while also questioning the integrity of the American voting system.In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, \u201c125 Million People voted today in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donald-trump.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donald-trump.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donald-trump.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donald-trump.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donald-trump.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donald-trump.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donald-trump.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donald-trump.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donald-trump.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donald-trump.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donald-trump.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donald-trump.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donald-trump.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/donald-trump.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Trump says &#8220;125 million Indians voted in presidential election today.&#8221; 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