Karnataka elections: Twitter emerges as the best place to catch all action
A tweet by Rahul Gandhi addressing Prime Minister Narendra Modi saw the highest number of re-tweets (10,151 times), while it received 22,930 likes, the statement said. Modi (@narendramodi) emerged as the most mentioned personality during the course of Karnataka elections on Twitter, while incumbent Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (@Siddaramaiah) emerged as the most mentioned candidate on the platform.
Karnataka assembly polls, which have thrown up a hung verdict, created a lot of buzz on Twitter with over three million mentions being generated in three weeks. Image source: Reuters