According to exit polls, the Conservatives are in the lead in the elections in the United Kingdom – Russian newspaper

The Conservatives are in the lead on the last Thursday’s parliamentary elections in the UK. This is evidenced by the results of exit polls released after the polls close (at midnight Moscow time).

According to the TV channel BBC BBC, which is a direct translation of the counting of votes, the Conservative Party is in the lead according to surveys conducted at the exit from the polling stations. Tori can get 316 seats in the British Parliament, while their closest rivals, the Labour Party, predicting 239 seats. According to exit polls, the Liberal Democrats may get 10 seats, the Scottish Independent Party – 58.

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These results confirm the forecasts of experts who predicted that neither the Conservatives nor Labour can not gain sufficient percentage of votes to gain a majority in parliament (326 seats) .

This means that the winner will have to form a coalition. However, the British political scientist noted that the coalition government who would not be its head, is fragile. And it is likely that before the end of the year the UK are waiting for another one, a special election.

The counting of votes will go on all night. Friday morning will be announced preliminary results of the vote count. And the official results as well as data on how many seats each party receives, will be announced in the next few days.

Recall that the parliamentary elections in 2010, the data of exit polls with a high degree of accuracy We predict the outcome of the winners the Conservatives and Labour runner-up.

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