A Guide to #Italy2013 Coalitions on Twitter

By Saturday January 13 coalitions, manifestos and coalitions need to be finalised ahead of Italy’s general election (February 24-25).

Here is a brief guide to the coalitions’ (as they currently stand) Twitter’s presence:

Centre-left

Coalition leader: @pbersani

Parties/lists: @pdnetwork, @sinistraelib, @CentroDemDirLib, @PartSocialista 

Party/list leaders: @NichiVendola, @NenciniPsi

Centre-right

Coalition leader: Silvio Berlusconi (not on Twitter, but @forzasilvioit is his “personal network”)

Parties/Lists: @ilpdl, @LegaNord2_0, @FratellidItaIia, @Lista3L

Party/list leaders: @angealfa, @maroni_leganord, @GiorgiaMeloni, @Storace, @g_tremonti, @Ignazio_LaRussa

Centre

Coalition leader:  @SenatoreMonti

Parties/Lists: @scelta_civica, @udctw, @_futuroeliberta

Party/list leaders: @gianfranco_fini, @Pierferdinando

Rivoluzione Civile

Coalition leader: @AntonioIngroia

Parties/lists: @MovArancione, @rivcivile, @verditalia

Party/list leaders: @Idvstaff, @AngeloBonelli1

Others

Coalition leaders: @OGiannino, @beppe_grillo

Parties/Lists: @Mov5Stelle, @Fare2013, @Radicali

All the above accounts can also be found in one Twitter List at https://twitter.com/electionista/italycoalitions

If you’re aware of anyone missing on the list - tweet us @electionista

On electionista Italy, in addition to all coalitions, parties and leaders, you can follow Italian MPs, candidates, political journalists, media and key commentators.

Hashtags to follow the election campaign: #Italy2013, #ItalyVote, #Italy, #elezioni2013.

Posted at Wed, Jan 9th 2013, 14:00
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How UK MPs Tweeted in 2012?

Here is our 2012 round up of UK MPs’ activity on Twitter.

There are now 414 MPs on Twitter. You can find and follow the full list here and our lists page also includes lists by party. 

10 Most Followed MPs on Twitter:

@David_Cameron - 192458 followers

@Ed_Miliband - 182397

@WilliamJHague - 119159

@DMiliband - 109136

@tom_watson - 108386

@georgegalloway - 101996

@nick_clegg - 98033

@edballsmp - 70417

@grantshapps - 60088

@CarolineLucas - 49364

10 Most Active MPs on Twitter (that tweeted the most during 2012):

@KarlTurnerMP - 12956 tweets

@AngusMacNeilMP - 12256

@jreedmp - 10695

@julianhuppert - 10145

@timfarron - 8432

@stellacreasy - 8291

@tom_watson - 7687

@TomHarrisMP - 7486

@GregMulholland1 - 6516

@KerryMP - 6506

She didn’t end 2012 as an MP, but it’s worth mentioning that @LouiseMensch would have made the top 10 with her 7689 tweets.

The 10 topics MPs most tweeted about:

Work - 5379 tweets

Tax - 5124

NHS - 4993

David Cameron - 4742

Schools - 4539

Police - 4154

Homes - 3831

BBC - 3635

Family - 2848

Cuts - 2832

For those wondering, the EU was mentioned 2157 times.

The 10 MPs most mentioned in the tweets of UK media and journalists:

@tom_watson - 1433 mentions

@edballsmp - 874

@NadineDorriesMP - 836

@Ed_Miliband - 821

@ChrisBryantMP - 538

@WilliamJHague - 536

@David_Cameron - 533

@stellacreasy - 491

@TomHarrisMP - 412

@theresecoffey - 338

And with that we wish you all a wonderful Christmas and New Year!

Posted at Fri, Dec 21st 2012, 16:43
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