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5:45 PM EST –
NEW: Here’s how all the UK election models compare to the exit poll https://t.co/jXH3fB6mnb pic.twitter.com/XmqByjib9N
— Financial Times (@FT) June 8, 2017
See UK election exit poll results: https://t.co/UmfepHsNYV via @ReutersGraphics pic.twitter.com/sGtCBA9LjS
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 8, 2017
UK election: Here's how Brexit could be affected if exit poll prediction is correct https://t.co/X3WSqHTUsc pic.twitter.com/cs1LtUEnaB
— CNN (@CNN) June 8, 2017
Breaking News: Sterling takes a heavy blow on the UK election exit poll showing Conservatives short of a majority https://t.co/gP4rfHVp1m pic.twitter.com/7wCrWLaccl
— Financial Times (@FT) June 8, 2017
BREAKING NEWS: UK election: Hung parliament projected in shock defeat for Conservatives https://t.co/lSWoerLfnp
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 8, 2017
UK election exit poll: Here's where the parties stand. It hasn't been off by more than 15 seats since 1992. https://t.co/ZtUeanH51b pic.twitter.com/XjD1E7QMsS
— Financial Times (@FT) June 8, 2017
MORE: Sterling falls after UK election exit poll shows PM May short of majority
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) June 8, 2017
Look at what happened to the pound when a hung parliament was forecast in #GE2017 https://t.co/XQPpHdnHbu pic.twitter.com/ElbAwyPBH6
— Bloomberg (@business) June 8, 2017
BREAKING: Exit poll show Conservatives winning UK election, losing their majority pic.twitter.com/OBoXecT0oX
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 8, 2017
Breaking News: UK election exit poll – Conservatives are going to be the largest party but no overall majority https://t.co/m1Reve9LNd
— Financial Times (@FT) June 8, 2017
#Breaking UK election exit poll predicts Conservatives to win but without majority https://t.co/VZYnyoGy4J pic.twitter.com/Pb0HWvZIAn
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) June 8, 2017
Polls open at 07:00 BST (2:00 AM EST) at more than 40,000 polling stations across the country, with counting starting once voting ends at 22:00 BST (5:00 PM EST).
A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 46.9 million people registered to vote.
That is up from the last general election, in 2015, when there were 46.4 million registered voters.
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