With national elections in the world’s most populous democracy, India, coming to an end earlier than had been predicted, the blogosphere is buzzing with analysis of the results.
Gaurav Mishra at Global Voices lists election reactions and observations that Indian voters posted on Twitter.
Kanishk Tharoor at OpenIndia talks about how the Indian media failed to correctly predict the election results.
Dr. Karan Thakur at India Times draws parallels between the 2009 Indian elections and the 2008 American elections.
At indianelections.blogadda.com you can see how social media tools such as YouTube and Flickr were used to discuss and document the 2009 Indian Elections.
What are your thoughts on the 2009 Indian elections?
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