Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram polls: Twitter records over 48 lakh Tweets related to #AssemblyElections2018

NEW DELHI: With elections currently ongoing in the states of Chattisgarh, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana, Twitter saw more than 48 lakh Tweets in relation to the #AssemblyElections2018 over the past two months (Oct 1 - Nov 28, 2018), the company said in a statement on Thursday.

Conversations continue to peak with over 250,000 Tweets in the past 36 hours (Nov 27 - Nov 29, 2018). The company said while conversations in India grew with the state elections, they also piqued the curiosity of people across the world to see what’s happening in India.

The top hashtags so far by conversation volume were the following: #bjp#congress#rajasthan#madhyapradesh#telangana#telanganaelections2018#votebjpsecuremp#madhyapradeshelections#rajasthanelections2018#mizoram#bjp4mp#bjp4telangana#assemblyelections2018


Mahima Kaul, head of public policy and government at Twitter India said: "Twitter is where political conversations happen and where you can see all sides of a conversation. The vibrancy of Indian elections is already visible on Twitter. With over four million Tweets related to the assembly elections, it’s clear that regional parties and leaders are using the platform to connect with the voters, opinion makers, youth and media, making it the most talked-about Indian state elections on Twitter so far.”

Twitter said it has introduced several initiatives to provide real-time updates on the campaign trails, connect voters to politicians on the most important election issues, and to enable citizens to have their voices heard during the #AssemblyElections2018. Twitter also introduced a special #AssemblyElections2018 emoji which is available until 23 December 2018.