LONDON: UK’s Labour Party has secured 406 seats in the elections demonstrating a landslide victory over its rival parties. Total seats of the UK’s parliament are 650.
According to initial results, Labour Party has bagged 406 seats, followed by 113 seats of Conservatives who ruled the United Kingdom for 14 consecutive years but faced humiliating defeat because of unbearable cost of utilities and essential consumer items.
Meanwhile, Liberal Democrats won 70 seats, SNP 8, Sinn Fein 7, Green (E&W) 4, Plaid Cymru 4, Reform UK 4 and DUP also won 4 seats.
To form the government, the winning party needs 326 seats while the Labour Party has crossed this benchmark, showing its decisive victory.
In his brief victory speech, Labour Party’s Starmer said that “Change begins in the UK.”
Earlier, the Exit Polls indicated that the Labour Party is set to win with a landslide victory.
This landmark victory in Thursday’s general election brings an end to 14 years of Conservative rule, a period marked by significant political and economic challenges.
The Labour landslide means the party will have a majority of 170 seats in Parliament, according to polls prepared by IPSOS UK for British broadcasters. Labour leader Keir Starmer is set to replace Rishi Sunak as the new prime minister.
The centre-right Conservatives have governed the country since 2010, winning the last three general elections—2015, 2017, and 2019. However, they are predicted to win only 131 seats this time.
Millions of voters across the UK cast their ballots to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to the lower house of Parliament.
With the electorate’s clear call for a new direction, the Labour Party’s triumph is poised to usher in a new era of governance, addressing key issues such as economic inequality, public services, and the UK’s role on the global stage.
As the final results are awaited, the political world watches closely, anticipating the impact of this pivotal election on the nation’s future.
British voters participated in the country’s first parliamentary election since 2019, when Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party secured a landslide victory.
Since that triumph, the Conservative Party has experienced significant turbulence, with Liz Truss resigning after just 44 days as prime minister and being succeeded by the current leader, Rishi Sunak.
The exit poll also forecasts the left-of-centre Liberal Democrats will take 61 seats, and Nigel Farage’s right-wing, anti-immigration Reform UK, which currently does not have any seats, is set to take 13 seats. The Green Party is expected to take 2 seats.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) is expected to secure 10 seats.
Previous election results
In 2019, Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party secured a majority by seizing seats from the Labour Party in its traditional heartlands in the north and midlands.
The Conservatives won 365 seats with a net change of +49, while Labour had 203 seats, a net change of -60 from the prior election. The SNP gained 13 seats, bringing the total number of seats in parliament to 48. The Liberal Democrats had 11 seats, a net change of -2 since the last election. The Greens maintained their only seat.
