Polling stations open in the UK
Polling stations in the United Kingdom, where some are called to vote, 46 million Britons in the general elections, opened their doors on Thursday at 07:00 local time (06:00 GMT), and will continue until 22:00 local time (21:00 GMT).
The British vote by the single-member majority system to elect the composition of the House of Commons (lower) of Parliament, made up of 650 seats. According to polls, the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer is the favourite to win the election, which could put an end to 14 years of Conservative governments.
The bulk of the results The polls will be released at 03:00 local time (02:00 GMT), when it will be clear who will have the majority to form a government – the number to be reached is 326.
If no party reaches that number of seats, something that seems unlikely, what is called a ‘hung parliament’ (hung parliament), which will force the party with the most seats to negotiate some form of coalition, as happened in 2010 between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats.
Los two main candidatesthe current Prime Minister, the Conservative Rishi Sunak, who called these elections early on May 22, and the leader of the opposition Labour Party will vote in their respective polling stations throughout the morning.
The polling stations in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland They have been enabled mainly in schools or community centers in the country, among other venues.
It is expected that The major British chains – BBC, ITV and Sky – will release an exit poll by the firm Ipsos at the close of polling stations, but it will be an hour later – 23:00 local time (22:00 GMT) when the first results will be published.
According to a recent survey by the firm Survation, the Labour Party could win more seats than it did in 1997, when the party was led by Tony Blair.
The firm, which interviewed to 34,558 respondents Online and by phone, he warned of a landslide Labour victory with more than 418 seats – the number Labour won in 1997.
