2011 Election Day Twitter Statistics - Politwitter

The following stats are from Tweets Politwitter collected during the entire election day of May 2nd, 2011.

2011 Election Day By The Numbers

Total Tweets

136,847

Total Retweets

73,583

Total @Replies

8,680

Total Tweets by MPs

283

Average Tweets per minute

95

Total MPs Participated

73

Total Candidates Participated

292

Total Unique Photos Tweeted

1093

Tweets Mentioning Leaders

10019pmharper
4064M_Ignatieff
4927jacklayton
4686GillesDuceppe
6164ElizabethMay

Tweets Mentioning Candidates & MPs

1691conservative
2013liberal
2201ndp
384bloc
808green

Tweets By Partisan Hashtag

3103#cpc
1900#lpc
2187#ndp
539#gpc

Leaders Positive Sentiment

positive vs negative totals

63.1% Stephen Harper
42.2% Michael Ignatieff
87.8% Jack Layton
37.9% Gilles Duceppe
85.8% Elizabeth May

#tweettheresults

Entire Days Tweet Volume

Evening Tweet Volume

Hot Topics

conservative majority(1638) vote vote(1311) election results(1063) congratulations(977) official opposition(917) gilles duceppe(908) polling station(779) vote today(751) majority government(639) polls close(545) right now(352) ndp official(348) election day(319) bob rae(279) polls closed(253) elizabeth may(244) voter turnout(217) own riding(216) saddam hussein(198) justin trudeau(187) election rules(182) navy seals(170) bin laden(160) breaks election(152) right vote(149)

Tweet Cloud

Leader Positive Sentiment

Leader Mentions

Tweets Mentioning Candidates

Partisan Hashtags

Top Election Day Pics

Other Stats

Most Retweeted Tweets

1167
retweets
DemocracyCanadaStephen Harper breaks election rules, campaigns on radio on election day http://exm.nr/m3Vff3 #cdnpoli #elxn41 via @starstriding
May 02, 2011 6:09 pm
1141
retweets
pointandwriteConservatives are like Nickelback. I don't know anyone who likes them but they always seem to do well. #elxn41
May 02, 2011 9:52 pm
610
retweets
pbryanConservatives ███ █████ in ███ ridings. Liberals ███ █████. NDP █████ ██ ███ ███ seats! #elxn41 #tweettheresults
May 02, 2011 7:03 pm
571
retweets
MPndpJack LaytonThank you all for the support, energy & trust. Now it’s time to roll up our sleeves & get to work. #NDP #Cdnpoli #elxn41
May 03, 2011 12:56 am
502
retweets
ChrisDcaInteresting. Americans on Twitter encouraging Canadians to e-mail them early election results and they'll tweet them. #tweettheresults
May 02, 2011 7:41 pm
407
retweets
stromboOk. Listen up, voters. You need to be extra careful about casting your ballot tonight... http://bit.ly/lOKs0z #elxn41
May 02, 2011 7:20 pm
338
retweets
motionblurProportional Representation seat distribution would have been: Cons 122, NDP 95, Lib 58, Bloc 19, Green 14 #elxn41
May 03, 2011 12:23 am
335
retweets
spedwybabsyou know canada's election results are fucked up when canadians are tweeting about moving to the united states #p2 #cdnpoll #elxn41
May 02, 2011 11:28 pm
329
retweets
buzzbishopYour car has more seats than the Bloc. #elxn41
May 02, 2011 11:48 pm
313
retweets
MPliberalJustin TrudeauJe viens de voter. I voted. Retweet if you have too. #elxn41
May 02, 2011 11:08 am

Most Replied To Tweets

409
replies
MPndpJack LaytonThank you all for the support, energy & trust. Now it’s time to roll up our sleeves & get to work. #NDP #Cdnpoli #elxn41
May 03, 2011 12:56 amtranslate
- VeritasKnight@jacklayton Get to work doing what, jack? Being ignored?
- CdnPolitico@jacklayton Fuck off.
- JayEmmerton@jacklayton So close!
- stevendutartre@jacklayton Bravo M. Layton malgré la victoire de M. Harper !
- plagal@jacklayton Give 'em hell, Jack.
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376
replies
MPndpJack LaytonWatching the #elxn41 results with my family tonight. #NDP #Cdnpoli
May 02, 2011 10:02 pmtranslate
- MandyPenney@jacklayton Rooting for you.
- pingouin04@jacklayton Good Luck! J'ai voté NPD auj, faut du changement! #fed2011
- RachelAch@jacklayton enjoy!
- DaisyLouMae@jacklayton Love the numbers. Hoping they keep going UP.
- NCarlosPinto@jacklayton Good luck Jack
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174
replies
MPliberalDenisCoderreSi la tendance se maintient. ça va bien pour moi dans Bourassa :)
May 02, 2011 11:06 pmtranslate
- gingmar@DenisCoderre vous allez etre bien seul
- matbougie@DenisCoderre Je suis très content Denis.
- be_steve@DenisCoderre bravo denis.
- MaxCous66@DenisCoderre au moins y'a ca!
- parent17@DenisCoderre On te manquait Denis !!
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109
replies
MPliberalMichael IgnatieffVote today. I just did. Find out where to vote at http://t.co/mzqLX1C #cdnpoli #elxn41
May 02, 2011 11:01 amtranslate
- ReverendBlair@M_Ignatieff Did ya vote for Layton?
- sinjkaran@M_Ignatieff This is an important election even for permanent residents like me, who can't vote. Hopefully, that will change soon!
- ayaberr@M_Ignatieff come on, who'd ya vote for? no really, you can tell us ;) #elxn41
- RustyBoyRobot@M_Ignatieff Or better yet go to elections Canada site. More neutral :) #elxn41
- MisterCGB@M_Ignatieff Did you vote NDP too?
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98
replies
MPconservatTony ClementI go away from Twitter for a day & look what happens: MAJORITY BABY!!!
May 02, 2011 11:09 pmtranslate
- jarfri@TonyclementCPC CONGRATS!!!
- Alison_Hudson@TonyclementCPC Congratulations, Tony!!
- mark00z@TonyclementCPC Are you allowed to tweet now? ;-)
- PatrickCHebert@TonyclementCPC Congratulations Mr Clement!
- TheMikeGShow@TonyclementCPC Not too late to become a Liberal Tony
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