#BBMPresults: When Twitter predicts, depicts and announces winner; BJP, Cong, JDS tense
Bengaluru, Aug 25: Counting of votes to elect representatives of the Bengaluru civic corporation, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) began on Tuesday, Aug 25.
Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), JDS were tense. The results are yet to be declared officially but the heat of the moment touched micro-blogging site Twitter.
People were more interested in results than casting votes as just 49 per cent turned up at polling booths on Saturday, Aug 22.
Twitter has been flooded with comments, updates on BBMP vote counting as #BBMPresults hash tag has been trending since Tuesday morning.
Here are a few tweets which spoke about #BBMPresults:
If
bjp
wins
then
its
because
of
NAMO,
else
blame
on
anathkumar
n
ashok.If
Cong
wins
its
due
to
RG,
else
blame
on
siddu.#BBMPResults
—
OfficeOfKannadiga
(@Qsaxffo)
August
25,
2015
Guess
it
is
too
early
to
bring
out
the
fire
crackers
!
#BBMPResults
—
Rasita
(@rasita)
August
25,
2015
Whats
the
status
of
ward#
57
#BBMPResults
—
Tankku
maama
(@tankkumaama)
August
25,
2015
#BBMPResults
Initial
trends
suggest
BJP
is
leading.
Party
members
keeping
a
close
tab
on
the
numbers.
@ibnlive
pic.twitter.com/rLGR4vgYi7
—
Shylaja
Varma
(@ShylajaVarma)
August
25,
2015
#BBMPResults
A
very
close
fight
now
BJP
55
-
Cong
48
JDS
-
25
OTh
-
3
—
shailendra
singh
(@shaksingh)
August
25,
2015
#BBMPresults
till
now
show
@BJP4India
in
the
lead
—
Nistula
Hebbar
(@nistula)
August
25,
2015
#BBMPresults
-
Initial
trends
suggest
Cong
may
not
win.
If
it
loses,
it
will
be
CM
Siddaramaiah's
defeat.
BJP
is
still
strong
in
city.
—
DP
SATISH
(@dpsatishcnnibn)
August
25,
2015
#BBMPResults
Via
@OneindiaKannada
Trend
9:21
AMCongress
:
15BJP
31JDS
10Others
5
—
Bharath
Suryaprakash
(@bhsngr)
August
25,
2015
So
it's
going
to
be
#BJP
back?
While
we
celebrate,
request
leaders
to
ensure
local
bodies
work.
Many
dissatisfied
in
Bengaluru.
#BBMPResults
—
Yashasvi
(@rsyashasvi)
August
25,
2015
Surprised
by
#BBMPResults.
Did
not
expect
Cong
to
do
so
badly.
—
Amit
Prabhu
K
(@amitprabhu)
August
25,
2015
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