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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIve seen the exit polls, but is their a actual vote count yet
In the British election?
JennyMominFL
(218 posts)Results for about 140 seats are in
elleng
(130,708 posts)LONDON Following a tumultuous, unpredictable snap election, Prime Minister Theresa May, a Conservative, appeared on the verge of losing her parliamentary majority, according to a national exit poll released just after voting ended on Thursday night.
If confirmed by the vote count, the result would be a major setback for Mrs. May. She called this election three years early, expecting to cruise to a smashing victory that would win her a mandate to see Britain through the long and difficult negotiations with the European Union about withdrawing from the bloc.
According to the exit poll, Mrs. May may have lost the extraordinary gamble she made in calling the election and Britain may be headed for a hung Parliament, in which no party has a majority.
Poll results found that the Conservatives would remain the largest party, but they were projected to win only 314 seats, down from 331 won in 2015. That is 12 votes short of a majority.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/world/europe/theresa-may-britain-election-conservatives-parliament.html?
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Denzil_DC
(7,216 posts)Currently Labour 74
Tories 61
SNP 13
DUP 3
Others 4
A LOT of seats yet to declare, but definitely a bad night for May.
Stallion
(6,473 posts)but they started off behind by 101. They have won 20 more than Conservatives tonite but most are holds
http://www.bbc.com/news
Stallion
(6,473 posts)Stallion
(6,473 posts)Stallion
(6,473 posts)Labour + 12
Conservatives -5
Warpy
(111,120 posts)If it holds, a lot of people will be celebrating tomorrow.
Most gains so far are Labour and Lib Dem. I saw 2 pickups for the Tories, possibly UKIP seats, at least I hope so.
Kingofalldems
(38,419 posts)better
(884 posts)Conservatives will not have a majority.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)But the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland will likely put them over the top.