Iran Press/Europe: With more than 240 seats counted, pollsters projected the Conservatives were on track to capture 64 more seats than all the other parties combined in Britain’s 650-seat House of Commons. This was slightly lower than the 86-seat majority predicted by the first exit poll.
The estimates suggested the Conservatives would win 357 seats, the party’s best tally since Margaret Thatcher’s third election victory in 1987, while Labour looked set for its worst showing since 1935, winning 201 seats, according to BBC.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Leader of the Conservative Party said he doesn't want to tempt fate with seats being counted but says it appears the Conservatives have been delivered 'a powerful new mandate' to Get Brexit Done and unite the country.
Opposition Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn has retained his seat of Islington North in London with a majority of 26,188 but says he will not fight another election, paving the way for a Labour leadership contest. But he said he would remain leader during the party's "process of reflection."
The main opposition Labour Party looked on track for its worst election performance since 1935.
Meanwhile, Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson has lost her seat Dunbartonshire East in the SNP-slide in Scotland.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party wasn’t the only projected big winner in the general election on Thursday. The other, the exit poll says, was Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party, known as the S.N.P.
The S.N.P.’s projected win of 55 of Scotland’s 59 seats, a gain of 20, would exceed all expectations and put the party in a position of almost total dominance in Scottish politics. 101
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