BJP leader and former minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar responded to Musk’s post, emphasising India’s modern democratic infrastructure.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk lauded India’s election process, particularly its speed in counting votes. Taking to social media platform X, Musk shared a post about India's Lok Sabha elections, where 640 million votes were counted within 24 hours.

In the broader context, Donald Trump has made a historic comeback by winning the 2024 US presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris. Following this victory, Musk has been nominated to lead the new "Department of Government Efficiency" under the Trump administration.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has applauded the Indian electoral system after vote counting for two state Assembly elections and by-elections were concluded in a single day, while also taking a jibe at the process in the US where the poll is yet to be called in California.

Musk, while celebrating India's achievement, also used the opportunity to criticize the voting process in the United States.

Even after almost 20 days since the 2024 US presidential elections results were announced, the counting in California state is still underway and the poll has not been officially called.

Elon Musk lauds India's one-day vote count, yet his previous skepticism of EVMs raises questions about his stance

Elon Musk criticizes US election process, praises India's efficiency in counting votes, highlighting California's slow ballot counting.