Narendra modi becomes the most searched person on google

As the elections are coming closer, the searches on politics increases.
According to Google Trends, the Gujarat Chief Minister topped the tally, followed by Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa Jayaram, Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.
Other most searched CMs of India included Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh), Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan), Tarun Gogoi (Assam), Omar Abdullah (J&K) and Oommen Chandy (Kerala), Google said in a statement.
The trends are for a time period of three months – from December 14 to March 13. “As we move closer towards the 2014 Elections for the 16th Lok Sabha, there is a lot focus on the Chief Ministers of different states and focus on the role that they will play to ensure how their respective parties fare in these elections. Google Search Trends decided to look at how the CMs are stacking up in terms of visibility online,” it added.
Within Congress, the top five most searched CMs were Tarun Gogoi, Oommen Chandy, Bhupinder Singh Hooda (Haryana), Virbhadra Singh (Himanchal Pradesh) and Harish Rawat (Uttranchal). For BJP, the top five most searched CMs were NarendraModi, Vasundhara Raje,  Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Manohar Parrikar (Goa) and Raman Singh (Chhattisgarh). 

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Lok Sabha Elections 2014

India's mammoth parliamentary election will start on 7 April, the Election Commission of India announced on Wednesday.
Key Highlights of Elections 2014

• Roughly 814.5 million people are registered to vote, an increase of more than 100 million since the last parliamentary election in 2009. In other words, India has added a population greater than that of the Philipines to its voter rolls in five years.
• Of those, over 23 million are between 18 to 19 years old. A surge in enrollment in this age group means they now constitute 2.88 percent of total voters, against 0.75 percent in 2009.
• Election dates in parliamentary constituencies were set taking into consideration extreme summer heat, monsoon rains, harvest seasons, religious festivals and most importantly, school exams. Most polling stations are placed in schools.

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