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

Tweets Mentioning Candidates & MPs

Tweets By Partisan Hashtag




Leaders Positive Sentiment

positive vs negative totals

#tweettheresults

Entire Days Tweet Volume

Evening Tweet Volume

Hot Topics

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Tweet Cloud

Leader Positive Sentiment




Leader Mentions



Tweets Mentioning Candidates




Partisan Hashtags




Top Election Day Pics




Other Stats




Most Retweeted Tweets




Most Replied To Tweets