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Results of the 16th Lok Sabha elections may still be a day away but Narendra Modi is already a clear winner on Twitter with 11.1 million tweets about him, accounting for 20% of all elections-related traffic on the mictroblogging site.
A total of 56 million tweets have been sent out till date with the total "reach" (including tweets, re-tweets and quotes) standing at 267 billion, as per data released by the US-based firm.
Narendra Modi topped the elections-related terms in 2014 (till date) at 11.1 million, which was 20% of all elections-related tweets.
Arvind Kejriwal, head of AAP, was mentioned in 5 million (9%), Indian National Congress 2.7 million (5%) and Rahul Gandhi 1.3 million (2%) were also on the top 10 list.
Terms like Election 2014, Varanasi, Amethi and Lok Sabha were also trending terms during the 16th Lok Sabha polls.
Twitter also released data on growth in number of followers from starting of the year to the end of the polls on May 12.
@INCIndia saw the highest growth at 376% in number of followers from 37,357 followers on January 1 to 1.77 lakh on May 12.
Number of followers on Twitter for @AamAadmiParty saw a growth of 119%, while @arvindkejriwal grew 79% in the reported period.
@bjp4india saw a growth of 70% from over 2.86 lakh followers on January 1 to over 4.88 lakh on May 12.
Similarly, @NarendraModi saw number of followers growing by 28% from 30.83 lakh on January 1 to 39.56 lakh on May 12.
A total of 56 million tweets have been sent out till date with the total "reach" (including tweets, re-tweets and quotes) standing at 267 billion, as per data released by the US-based firm.
Narendra Modi topped the elections-related terms in 2014 (till date) at 11.1 million, which was 20% of all elections-related tweets.
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Aam Aadmi Party found mention in 8.2 million or 15% of elections-related tweets, followed by the BJP at six million or 11%.
Arvind Kejriwal, head of AAP, was mentioned in 5 million (9%), Indian National Congress 2.7 million (5%) and Rahul Gandhi 1.3 million (2%) were also on the top 10 list.
Terms like Election 2014, Varanasi, Amethi and Lok Sabha were also trending terms during the 16th Lok Sabha polls.
Twitter also released data on growth in number of followers from starting of the year to the end of the polls on May 12.
@INCIndia saw the highest growth at 376% in number of followers from 37,357 followers on January 1 to 1.77 lakh on May 12.
Number of followers on Twitter for @AamAadmiParty saw a growth of 119%, while @arvindkejriwal grew 79% in the reported period.
@bjp4india saw a growth of 70% from over 2.86 lakh followers on January 1 to over 4.88 lakh on May 12.
Similarly, @NarendraModi saw number of followers growing by 28% from 30.83 lakh on January 1 to 39.56 lakh on May 12.
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