LONDON: The United Kingdom is likely to have a hung Parliament as none of the political parties succeeded to win the required number of seats in the House of Commons to form a majority government.
The results showed that Conservative Parties led by Prime Minister Theresa May has won 318 seats, falling short of 8 seats to win the majority in the 650-member House of Commons, the Lower House of British Parliament.
The Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn has bagged 261 seats so far whereas Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party managed to grab 35 seats.
However, the results of 7 more parliamentary constituencies are yet to arrive.
The results showed that except Labour Party which won 29 more seats, both Conservative Party and Scottish National Party lost their 13 and 21 seats respectively, they held in previous Parliament.
Following failure to win the majority in the House, opposition led by Jeremy Corbyn has been demanding Prime Minister Theresa May to step down. However, she has refused to withdraw and her Conservative Party is negotiating with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party to form the government.
It seems that next British government will consists of multiple parties or at least more than one.
The United Kingdom went to early parliamentary elections on June 8 as announced by Theresa May on April 28 this year in a bid to further empower her while ruling.
For general elections, around 47 million people were eligible to vote to elect 650 lawmakers in the House of Commons.
More than 40,000 polling stations were established across the Country for casting votes.
Theresa May resumed the Office of British Prime Minister on July 13, 2016, replacing David Cameron who resignated after Britons voted to exit the European Union in a referendum.
