Trump mistakes Brazil for India, says 125 million voted today in 'India's Presidential Election'

Updated 2026-10-06 · told from many outlets at once

Flávio Bolsonaro secured 47.03 percent of the valid votes. Donald Trump mistakenly posted about an election in India and later corrected the post to refer to Brazil.

Brazil held its first round of presidential election on Sunday with 125.27 million valid votes.

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Outlets: Business Standard, Estadão, Folha de S.Paulo (Mundo), Hindustan Times, The Economic Times, The Hindu (International), Times of India (Top)

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