US President Donald Trump appeared to confuse India with Brazil in a social media post in which he criticised the time taken to count votes in American elections.
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump claimed that 125 million people had voted in an Indian presidential election and that the results were available shortly after polling closed. He compared this with the counting process in US cities and states, which he criticised as taking much longer.
The reference to India appears to have been a mix-up with Brazil, which held the first round of its presidential election on Sunday.
Brazil's electoral body reported 125,272,513 valid votes in the first round.
Results began being released at 5pm after voting ended and were progressively updated as ballots were counted.
Brazil will elect new President later this month.
The contest for President post is between incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Neither candidate secured more than half of the valid vote in Sunday's poll, sending the contest to a runoff scheduled for October 25.
India did not hold a presidential election on Sunday. Droupadi Murmu remains the country's President and has held office since July 25, 2022. President of India.
India also does not elect its President through a direct popular vote. The President is chosen by an Electoral College comprising elected members of Parliament and elected members of state and Union Territory legislatures.
Indian voters directly elect representatives to the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies instead.
The Prime Minister is then appointed by the President, generally from the party or coalition that holds a majority in the Lok Sabha.
Trump has previously cited India's electoral system while arguing for changes to voting procedures in the United States.
In August, he referred to India's voter identification system while promoting the SAVE America Act, legislation that would seek to introduce proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration and nationwide voter identification requirements.
Trump's latest post similarly invoked India's election system while criticising the American vote-counting process.
However, the figures and description in Sunday's post correspond closely to Brazil's presidential election rather than an Indian election.