When #BiharResults started trending in the US

As the Indian electorate coordinated its blood pressure levels to the number game that follows every vote counting session, #BiharResults won the Twitter battle to become the No. 1 trend, worldwide.

• By: Express Web Desk
• New Delhi | Updated: November 8, 2015 05:22 PM IST
1 min read

On November 8, as news channels blared projections, comments and results from across TV sets and mobile phones across the country, little was it known that Bihar was going on to win yet another battle — and this one was digital.

As the Indian electorate coordinated its blood pressure levels to the number game that follows every vote counting session, the hashtag #BiharResults slowly and steadily creeped up the charts on the list of worldwide trends, finally ending up right at the top.

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Quite unsurprisingly, after India, US was the No. 2 country where the hashtag is trending, according to Trendsmap, a website that tracks worldwide trends on social media networks.

(Source: Trendsmap.com)

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