Lok Sabha elections 2019: Modi win sparks Game of Thrones memes

Game of Thrones (and Lok Sabha) Spoilers ahead.

If memes had one flavour on the counting day for the Lok Sabha general Elections 2019, it was of Game of Thrones. As the trends become clear for the Lok Sabha election results, the internet was awash in memes based on Game of Thrones — which ended its eight-year-run this week with its series finale.

Users quickly placed PM Narendra Modi on the fictional Iron Throne, and related the opposition to some of the show’s less fortunate characters.

Many memes were at the Congress’s expense.

Some memes were similar to those shared in 2014 — when a popular format was to compare the Congress tally to the capacity of a bus. While Congress did better in this election, the memes are more ruthless harsher than before.

Placing Modi on the Iron Throne was a popular theme for many.

The cynicism inherent towards politics and promsies in Game of Thrones also reflects some user's views on the prospects of elections.

In Kerala, the absence of Achutanandan from the CPI(M) party ticket was compared to a scene from the show's final episode, when Lord Ermund Tully offers his name for candidature to the Iron Throne and is swiftly and brutally shot down by Sansa Stark. 

With inputs from Fany Paul and Devika K.