No matter who you backed, election night was a rollercoaster. From the astonishing exit poll to former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg losing his seat, the night produced shock after shock as the country struggled to make sense of a baffling election.
But at times like these, one place is always a refuge of both sanity and hilarity in equal measure – Twitter.
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