The recently concluded State Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram generated great buzz on social media sites. The latest internal data released by Twitter, recorded between October 1 and December 12, has shown that more than 70 lakh tweets with the hashtag #IndiaElections2018 had been recorded, that included the election campaigns, voting phases, and the final counting on December 11, Tuesday.
The highest traction was gained by a Moment from November 28, the day of polling in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram, titled ‘BJP promises 50 lakh jobs in Rajasthan’, and another on December 7, with the title ‘Mentions of dynastic politics and regional leaders’.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the most popularly mentioned national leader during these assembly polls, followed by Congress National president Rahul Gandhi on Number two spot. While as Candidate, Rajasthan the then CM Vasundhara Raje was the famous one who received maximum mentioned.
Mahima Kaul, Head of Public Policy & Government, Twitter India, said, “Twitter is where political conversations happen and where you can see all sides of the public conversation. With more than 70 lakh Tweets related to the state elections, these were amongst the most Tweeted-about Indian state elections so far. We also witnessed a rise of local language content, and are proud to empower these vibrant dialogues on the platform.”
#IndiaElections2018, the special Assembly election hashtag was generated to track Twitter activity around these polls and featured a customized ‘voted’ emoji at the end, with the index finger of the left hand raised, and partly covered in black ink.
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