** Official MN Election Night Thread - let's hold hands and wait together **

[MmeLindt]

Just starting this so that we can all post our thoughts throughout the day.

My wish for today is that as many people as possible GO OUT AND VOTE.

I cannot vote as I have been living abroad for over 15 years so if anyone wants to vote for me, I would like to vote for Gordon Brown. Voting by MN proxy

"Do we know the percentage of postal votes? I guess not until the other votes are counted"

Not sure but I suspect a much higher percentage of postal votes than usual

Didn't labour win last time on 32%?

Hello tougholdbird btw, I missed your post on the last thread we were on. I had an email from our mutual friend DCMB

Evening! It's going to be hung, isn't it?

Angry as they shut at 10pm? FFS you had 15 hours to vote!

There were nearly twice as many postal vote applications in our area as in 2005.

bloody hell - voters being turned away because couldnt cope with numbers?????

92 poll said labour victory. I'm panicing now though.

I also love Sunderland. Those 6th formers are brill!

What channel are you watching? Sky has nothing of this!

They had 35.3% in 2005 (according to this).

Someone asked about the 1992 exit poll results - weren't they vastly out and projected a labour victory?

Hi Bumper Am hoping we get the right result in this area - will be close!

bbc

Labour that is

Mandelson there saying they'll stick to it tooth and nail....

I'm shocked at Lib Dem result....

What are the percentage vote shares in this exit poll?

Well I told them the wrong thing on the exit polls - they asked, and I told the Green Party, despite there not being a candidate.

watching bbc. consoled by the exit polls. if the rotten tories win at least its not a majority, although its nowhere near over yet.

enjoying the mad rush to start counting and all the tv crews. Never known such excitement at an election before :D

Zackly what I just shouted at the telly! Just because they left it till last minute and then expected it still to be open like a 24 hour tesco... Now, if they'd been queueing for 15 hours like they had to in Zimbabwe, they might have cause for complaint.

1992 did predict labour victory but not by masses, maybe 5 or so?

If it comes down to the wire this much are we going to have to wait till the constituency that had polling suspended due to the death of a candidate? God knows how long that will be. Can the markets cope with such a state of flux?

Poor Lib Dem, what a flash in the pan!

Sorry, that was in reply to Fab further down thread.

Kingmaker

Who was playing bingo?

Secretlemondae - no, they just collect numbers so the local parties can keep track of how many of their voters vs others have voted, then they can use them to go and chase their voters to get out.

I have done it many times and we tend to share with all the reps for all the parties, quite friendly really

I wonder what percentage of people will vote

2005 - 61%
2001 - 59.4%
1997 - 71.4%
1992 - 77.7%
1987 - 75.3%

Wonder why there was such a drop in 2001.