Humour Amid Election Madness: How Twitter Reacted to Counting Day

While India broke into a frenzy over the assembly elections, Tweeples were having their own party.

The Quint had a little fun of its own as it explained polling results with laddoo distribution, instead of boring ol’ pie charts. (Photo: Twitter/Ritu Kapur)

On 19 May 2016, when the votes for the state assembly elections were being counted, news channels, papers, websites and social media were filled with updates, analyses, predictions and bytes from politicians.

Twitter, however, didn’t disappoint this time either and had a whole slew of humorous memes and tweets as the results kept rolling out. Now that the verdict is soon to be announced, sit back, relax and look at the last three-four hours of your life with a little perspective.

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Puducherry: Congress’ Consolation Prize

Tweeples were dead quiet about the election results in Puducherry. No updates, no face painting and no memes (gasp!)

It’s also the only place Congress could save face, leading in an alliance with the DMK. Yes, Rahul baba, you can stop crying now.