** 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

BrownNotCameron - you can watch it live on the BBC website.

yes but if you work in a different constituency from where you live you probably want to vote in your home constituency.

It should matter that you can't get there until 8/9 or even 9.45pm - you should be able to vote.

But Jux, they have to close at some point. What if people still wanted to vote after midnight?

Hmm true. Ignore my win-induced muddle.

hear hear toccata!

Uugghh! NG on the screen. I'm going to have nightmares.

if they turn up before 10pm they should be allowed to vote.

Queues half way down a street at 9.30 can't possibly be people that have literally just turned up......

This silly voting situation will mean that a re-run will have to take place?

Voters preventing ballot boxes leaving Sheffield!!

wine-induced even

Oh dear, people not allowed to vote because no ballot papers, that's really outrageous.

Urgh Nick Griffin

Yuck Nick Griffin. To see him involved in a democratic process is sickening.

Oh, this is terrible

'lo everyone. We're up and contempating alcohol.

Does anyone else think it's ironic that the BNP's colour on the BBC barchart is brown?

reports of a polling station running out of polling papers and people not being able to vote.

other stations extended their polling hours but sheffield say the one remedy not open tho them was to extend their hours.

this is rubbish.

fowl - in the states if you are in the queue when the polls close you can vote. that is fair.

This was always going to be a dramatic election...but my...

Plane crash..fights..polling station problems...

I may not stay up with my gin and nuts and just go to bed..I expect we will be doing the same thing in a few months....

Apparently re students: nus mobilised the vote and called ahead to warn relevent constituencies re surge. On Twitter feed of nus president they are furious at inability to vote.

Did anyone else laugh at the indignant voters being very British. "Really rather angry"

And they had to queue in the rain.

This is absolute rubbish.

DS has just wandered through to ask if anyone's won yet!

What if the people denied a vote are more than the winning margin?

where's mandy gone?

they were very british!!

I can see another election, esp. if it's tight with this fiasco

wonder what the world will say about our election???