Politicians take to Facebook to boost ‘likes’ ahead of general election

Facebook has advised political parties about attracting voters and expects interest in the social media networking site to sharply increase with the general election looming.

Data released by the networking giant shows Sinn Féin has the largest amount of followers — some 76,936 — outnumbering all of the other major political parties combined.

Facebook will today launch a “check the register campaign”, encouraging its 2.2m users in Ireland to check they can vote ahead of polling day.