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THE initial reaction to Tony Abbott's election as Liberal leader was mostly negative on the online social media network twitter.

A few positive comments surfaced as the day progressed, however the reaction remained overwhelmingly negative to Mr Abbott winning the leadership vote.

Most of the action on the network was concentrated around the '#abbott' and '#spill' twitter trends. Here is a selection of the thousands of tweets posted by 1700 AEDT:

stewartsmith: searching for 'abbott' on twitter is hilarious: not a single good (or even just not abusive) tweet about him.

HaysMouth: Abbott is only slightly more popular with voters than Tuckey. The coalition is now in its death throws

voodles: Is Mark Textor no longer with Liberals? Surely they no how badly Abbott will play out in the electorates

hello_ellery: Never thought I'd see the day where Tony Abbott is both (a) leader of the Libs and (b) a trending topic on Twitter!!

ThommyBee: Word is Tony Abbott promised his supporters no more shots in speedos if they voted for him as leader.... Amen to that.

karlroby: Tony Abbott as new Liberal leader is a disaster for the country. Climate deniers shame shame shame.

gga: I can't be the only one who thinks Abbott winning is brilliant? I mean, think of the jokes, and the oncoming train-wreck.

MediaMook: Tony Abbott? Tony Abbott!!! This is even funnier than when the Libs made Brendan Nelson leader.

paulvoulas: I am still in shock that the libs voted Abbott as their leader. Liberals will be in the political wilderness for years to come

WaltzingTilly: Actually, gd strategy Joe. Everyone will HATE Abbott and he'll get knifed. Then you just waltz in and take over

makiwa: Congratulations Tony Abbott. Australia needs more people of conviction like you in parliament and fewer all spin but empty show-ponies!

VinceOZ: Abbott comes out fighting: Victorious At last, a leader that proper Liberals can believe in, not some pale imitatio...

dannyhanes: Tony Abbott will be a great man for leading the Liberal Party.

safarik: Tony Abbott is the Steven Bradbury of Australian politics.

And here are some tweets from fellow politicians:

Alex Hawke (Lib backbencher) - Looking forward to seeing Tony Abbott take up the fight to Kevin Rudd.

Scott Morrison (Lib Shadow Minister for Housing) - congratulates Tony Abbott - Libs will give the planet the benefit of the doubt but not Kevin Rudd

Bob Brown (Greens Leader) - The far-right has control of the Abbott coalition. Rudd Labor is giving the corporate polluters $24 billion of your money. Go Green.

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