Twitter is the best place to see what’s happening right now and to talk about it. True to its nature, the global live communications platform provided front-row access to the election conversations around the the five-yearly State Assembly Elections.
With more than 6.4 million mentions on Twitter over the past 30 days (Feb 10 - Mar 12, 2017), the #StateElections showcased how Twitter provides a front row to political conversations in India from breaking news to behind the scenes action, political parties and candidates sparring over agendas, and people expressing their thoughts on hot election topics.
Throughout the State Elections campaign, politicians and parties took to Twitter to regularly communicate with people all over India.Prime Minister Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) and Bharatiya Janata Party (@BJP4India) emerged as the most mentioned on Twitter since the start of the year.
Demonetisation was a huge discussion topic during the State Elections, generating over 300,000 mentions on Twitter in the past 30 days.
