A by-election for the Sungai Limau State Assembly (DUN) seat was held on the 4th of November 2013, with the campaign period from 23rd October 2013 – 3rd November 2013. Based on tweets about the campaign we prepared listings of popular content on Twitter, for both the campaign period and the polling day.
Popular content is determined based on the number of users sharing the content on Twitter. Please read the note at the end of this post to better understand the ranking system.
Top 10 Most Shared Tweets – Campaign Period (23rd October 2013 – 3rd November 2013)
1. Shares: 246, Users: 246
Final Piala Malaysia 3 Nov 2013: Merah Putih vs Hitam Putih Final Sungai Limau 4 Nov 2013: Hijau Putih vs Biru Putih
— Fakta Bukan Auta (@FaktaBukanAuta) November 3, 2013
2. Shares: 86, Users: 86
baru balik dari penamaan calon PRK DUN Sungai Limau. belah PAS baca selawat. belah BN nyanyi lagu Umno. hah! battle!
— malaysiangags (@malaysian_gags) October 23, 2013
3. Shares: 42, Users: 41
Untung la org Sungai Limau dapat macam2 dari kerajaan….
— Sukan Star (@sukanstar) October 23, 2013
4. Shares: 35, Users: 33
Layari laman web khas Pilihan Raya Kecil Sungai Limau untuk paparan berita terkini, video serta galeri foto di… http://t.co/DlaqcIxV6Y
— Berita Harian (@bharianmy) October 23, 2013
5. Shares: 33, Users: 33
Kerajaan umum peruntukan RM1.3 juta untuk 13 sekolah di DUN Sungai Limau #PRKSungaiLimau http://t.co/XRxl6ISqVI
— Barisan Nasional (@barisanasional) October 26, 2013
6. Shares: 29, Users: 29
Tanda Putera used as campaign tool in Sungai Limau. Your tax money at work people!
— Effi Obefiend (@1Obefiend) November 1, 2013
7. Shares: 29, Users: 29
Dato Seri Najib turut berjanji untuk membina menara berkembar SLCC 900 tingkat di Sungai Limau, selain jalanraya emas dan jambatan berlian.
— Harian Metroll (@HMetroll) October 31, 2013
8. Shares: 27, Users: 27
Rakyat Dun Sungai Limau,
Pilih calon yang Allah Redha yaa :')
#HIJAU Selamanya. (♥)
TAKBIR ALLAHUAKBAR ! pic.twitter.com/cbw8PWIpG4
— Mar'ratus Solehah☻ (@Ainaaladin) October 25, 2013
9. Shares: 27, Users: 27
"Wahai para pengundi di DUN Sungai Limau, tak payah timbang-timbang, fikir bulat-bulat." –
— ThisIsPantaiTimur (@ThisTimur) November 3, 2013
10. Shares: 23, Users: 23
KDNKKK puji peniaga makanan di Sungai Limau kerana tidak mengambil kesempatan menaikkan harga makanan dan minuman sempena pilihan raya
— Barisan Nasional (@barisanasional) October 28, 2013
Top 10 Most Shared Tweets – Polling Day (4th November 2013)
1. Shares: 192, Users: 192
Tahniah buat seluruh pengundi PAS di Sungai Limau, jentera PAS yg bekerja siang mlm, dan yg berdoa utk kemenangan PAS. Tahniah atas kmnangan
— nik mohamad abduh (@nikabduh) November 4, 2013
2. Shares: 176, Users: 176
W'pun tewas, @barisanasional telah merapatkan jurang majoriti undi di #PRKSungaiLimau. Teruskanlah usaha murni ini untuk masa akan datang.
— Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) November 4, 2013
3. Shares: 175, Users: 175
Rasmi: PAS mempertahankan Dun Sungai Limau dengan majoriti 1084 undi.
http://t.co/MkLkbCrJ1S
— Fakta Bukan Auta (@FaktaBukanAuta) November 4, 2013
4. Shares: 165, Users: 165
Info rasmi — Parti Islam, PAS menang dengan majoriti 1,084 undi tewaskan Barisan Nasional, BN di Sungai Limau.
Takbir!
— MiLo SuaM (@milosuam) November 4, 2013
5. Shares: 155, Users: 155
Tahukah anda pengiraan undi Sungai Limau setakat jam 7 tadi.
http://t.co/MkLkbCrJ1S pic.twitter.com/KnIQGitrEf
— Fakta Bukan Auta (@FaktaBukanAuta) November 4, 2013
6. Shares: 122, Users: 121
Saya mendoakan kejayaan calon BN, Dr Sohaimi Lazim untuk #PRKSungaiLimau esok.
— Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) November 3, 2013
7. Shares: 116, Users: 115
TAKBIR | BN kecundang di Sungai Limau!
— Malek Hussin (@AbdMalekHussin) November 4, 2013
8. Shares: 103, Users: 103
#PRK #SungaiLimau #PAS #ISLAM #Iman #UstazAzamSamad #KEKAL!! Alhamdullillahhhhhhhh 💚💚💚
— mencari redha ALLAH (@abby_abadi112) November 4, 2013
9. Shares: 98, Users: 97
OFFICIAL: PAS 12,069; BN 10,985; Majority 1,084 #SUNGAILIMAU http://t.co/UVrJN0vYpp
— malaysiakini.com (@malaysiakini) November 4, 2013
10. Shares: 97, Users: 97
PAS pertahan kerusi DUN Sungai Limau dgn menang majoriti 1,084.
— Andy Telasai (@andytelasai) November 4, 2013
Note
The displayed RT count in the embedded tweet may not match our reported share count. This is because the share count is not the same as Twitter’s retweet count (RTs). 3rd-party Twitter software may not mark a tweet as an RT when sharing, or users may copy and paste the URL or content into their own tweet and pass it off as their own.
Shares reflect the number of times the content was shared on Twitter during the reported period. Our system does ranking by URL and tweet text and filters it for spammers. This uncovers content that would not be found going by RT count alone. We then perform ranking based on the number of users to emphasise the number of users reached.
