A poll by Elon Musk on whether he should quit as Twitter CEO showed the majority of users of the social media platform who took part voted in favour of the move, after the poll ended on Monday.

About 57.5 per cent votes were for “Yes”, while 42.5 per cent were against the idea of Musk stepping down as Twitter head, according to the poll the billionaire launched on Sunday evening. Over 17.5 million people took part in the vote.