** Official MN Election Night Thread - let's hold hands and wait together ** Pt2

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oops filled the other one

I make the numbers, based on declared results, plus safe seats yet to declare:

Tories - 293
Labour - 246
Lib Dems - 50
DUP - 8
SNP - 6
SF - 4
PC - 3
SDLP - 3
Alliance - 1
Green - 1
Unionist - 1
Speaker - 1

Then there are 32 remaining marginals, which could be won by the Tories.

So Tories can get a MAXIMUM of 325, which is technically not a majority, but actually is, because SF won't sit.

But they won't get that many.

OTOH, Labour/Lib Dem have 296 seats, so are at the moment a little ahead, because they could win all those 32 remaining seats.

Hooray for Brighton Pavilion!! So proud..

someguy so its looking as hung as hung can get?

So who do you think Clegg is going to cosy up to?

blimey that sheffield havent declared clegg yet.

Tories now 294
Labour 247
Lib Dems 51

29 marginals remaining

22 constituencies (I think) are due to start counting this morning. (why cant they do it over night like everyone else)

And 1 consituency still to vote because a candidate died...

The main things is we haven't woken up to find Esther Rantzen PM. Did she lose her deposit?????

sheffield hallam -

Clegg declared!

Ohhhh goody. He's talking about the polling stations monumental mess up.

slough - labour

paraphrasing clegg speech: "hundreds mid afternoon queueing for an hour and a half, hundreds who didnt get to vote : should never happen again."

Subtext - Clegg is holding out to see which way the wind is blowing...

53/80...aint gonna happen

Reading East finally! Conserv. hold wooo!

video clip of count disturbance at Glasgow east

Richmond boy is very, um, public school....

can you go to bed now Secret?

no... DS1 is up, but hey ho. Still one more to declare in the 'area'. And while conserv. have a tiny tiny chance.... 50/74....

Can I just post something. I am sure it has been said, either here, or on another thread.

How can we justify a system where 22.7% of the country vote for one party and they get 48 seats, and 28.7% of the country vote for another party. Just 6% more, and they get 225 seats. How on earth can we consider this to be fair or just? Or proportionate? For the first time in my entire life I have woke to see results that have made me so tearful. I am not even an avid lib dem supporter. But the fact that the opinions of this country will not be truly reflected makes me feel sad, and sick.

Frakkin, Yah, for sure

We've just gone Lib Dem by 800 votes. This seat has been Tory for years

Absolutely ID this election, more than ever before has highlighted the need for electoral reform.