Elections 4J in the United Kingdom, live: Voting, checks and results of the British General Election 2024
Voting centers open their doors in the United Kingdom
Electoral colleges in the United Kingdom, where certain people are called to vote 46 million British In the general elections, they open their doors this Thursday at 07:00 local time (06:00 GMT), a day that will last until 22:00 local time (21:00 GMT).
The British vote by a single-member majority system to elect the composition of the House of Commons (lower) of Parliament, Composed of 650 seats. According to surveys on voting intentions, the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer is the favourite to win these elections, which could end 14 years of Conservative governments.
It is expected that most of the Result They will begin at 03:00 local time (02:00 GMT) once there is a clearer picture of who reaches the majority needed to form a government – the figure needed is 326.
In a situation where no party reaches that many seats, something that seems unlikely happens, which is called ‘hung parliament’ (Hanging Parliament), which would force the party with the most seats to negotiate some form of coalition, as happened between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrat Party in 2010.
The two main candidatesThe current prime minister, Conservative Rishi Sunak, who called the election early on May 22, and the leader of the opposition Labour Party will vote at their respective schools in the morning.
Electoral centers in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland These are mostly set up in schools or community centers, among other places around the country.
Such a plan has been made Main British chains – BBC, ITV and Sky – An exit poll will be released by the firm Ipsos when schools close, but it will be an hour later – at 11:00pm local time (10:00pm GMT) when the first results come in.
According to the latest survey by the survey firm, the Labour Party may win more seats than in 1997, when the party was led by Tony Blair.
The firm that conducted the interview to 34,558 respondents Online and over the phone, he warned of a landslide Labor victory with more than 418 seats – the number Labor won in 1997.