The Conservatives made a surprise bordering on the British parliamentary absolute majority with 316 MPs against 239 for Labour, while the nationalist SNP rafleraient 58 of 59 Scottish seats, according to an exit poll released Thursday night.
The exit poll conducted among 22,000 voters contradicts estimates polls were predicting that the past six months a neck and neck tighter between Conservative and Labour.
If extent of the conservative victory is confirmed, Prime Minister David Cameron will be in a position to perform a second term at 10 Downing Street alone or with the extra allies.
The Scottish National Party SNP becoming the third force of the Westminster Parliament. However, the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has urged caution, doubting in a tweet that his party could win all Scottish seats except one.
According to the exit poll conducted by the major British television channels, the SNP multiplies by more than 9 the number of its members from 2010.
The Liberal Democrats would get, however, that 10 elected, while they counted 56 in the previous meeting. The anti-European populist and Ukip would retain both members.
(With AFP)
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