This general election has witnessed a staggering growth in the use of social media. Most major Politicians & Political Parties have a social media presence as a parallel to their campaigns. Many of the politicians give equal importance to their social media campaign, as well as their political rallies. Each politician and political party has a its own follower and fan base on Twitter and Facebook, respectively. And each also follows a different communication method, depending on their motive and objectives.
Surprisingly, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi don't have a presence on either Facebook or Twitter. Being among the most important and popular politicians, one would expect them to be on social media and moreover be active on it too.
Here's a list of 40 Politicians on Twitter and Facebook, and their number of followers and fans for each medium, respectively.
Narendra Modi
Twitter: 3.97M
Facebook:14.2M
Arvind Kejriwal
Twitter: 1.78M
Facebook: 5.42M
Shashi Tharoor
Twitter: 2.17M
Facebook: 210K
Derek O'Brien
Twitter: 245k
Sushma Swaraj
Twitter: 1.08M
Facebook: 494K
Salman Aness Soz
Twitter: 4258
Facebook: 5389
KD Singh
Twitter: 3085
Facebook: 5427
Omar Abdullah
Twitter: 502K
Facebook: 67K
S.M Krishna
Twitter: 33.1K
Facebook: 204
Rajeev Chandrashekar
Twitter: 128K
Facebook: 1M
Priya Dutt
Twitter: 31.7K
Facebook: 22.6K
Sanjay Nirupam
Twitter: 10.7K
Facebook: 5627
Smriti Irani
Twitter: 273K
Facebook: 798K
Akhilesh Yadav
Twitter: 63.8K
Facebook: 549K
Arun Jaitley
Twitter: 215K
Facebook: 787K
Digvijaya Singh
Twitter: 117K
Facebook: 238.8K
Yogendra Yadav
Twitter: 193K
Facebook: 331.5K
Sharad Pawar
Twitter: 33.8K
Facebook: 122K
Meenakshi Lekhi
Twitter: 205K
Facebook: 32K
Meera Sanyal
Twitter: 35.8K
Facebook: 13.9K
Gul Panag
Twitter: 871K
Facebook: 18.2K
K Sudhakaran
Twitter: 17.9K
Facebook: 26.1K
Dr. Mallika Sarabhai
Twitter: 4212
Manish Sisodiya
Twitter: 184k
Krishna Byre Gowda
Twitter: 3837
Facebook: 11.4K
Suresh Kalmadi
Twitter: 1057
Facebook: 7248
Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Twitter: 278K
Facebook: 1.13M
Nitin Gadkari
Twitter: 21.8K
Facebook: 39K
Raj Thackeray
Twitter: 15K
Facebook: 63.5K
Hema Malini
Twitter: 269K
Milind Deora
Twitter: 133K
Facebook: 70.3K
Shirish Parkar
Twitter: 384
Facebook: 10.3K
Ashutosh
Twitter: 179K
Facebook: 10.3K
Arvinder Singh Lovely
Twitter: 131
Facebook: 1731
Naveen Jindal
Twitter: 119K
Facebook: 141K
Shaina Nana Chudasama
Twitter: 8745
M.K Stalin
Twitter: 14.2K
Facebook: 14.8K
Mamata Banerjee
Twitter: 10.4K
Facebook: 736K
Paresh Rawal
Twitter: 6410
Facebook: 108K
Mahesh Manjrekar
Twitter: 8856
Facebook: 43.8K
We'll keep adding more politicians to this list. Stay tuned!