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The United Kingdom is currently gearing up for a historic national election, as Britain’s political leaders made a frantic push for votes late Wednesday in the last hours of an election campaign expected to return a Labour government after 14 years of Conservative rule. Several surveys predict that Labour will secure more than the record 418 seats it acquired when ex-leader Tony Blair ended 18 years of Conservative rule in 1997. The UK operates under a first-past-the-post electoral system where voters elect representatives in 650 constituencies. The party that secures the majority of seats, at least 326, will form the government with its leader becoming the prime minister. In the case of no party attaining a majority, the existing prime minister gets the first opportunity to form a coalition government. The main political parties contesting in the UK general elections include the Conservative Party led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer, the Liberal Democrats led by Ed Davey, Reform UK led by Nigel Farage, Scottish National Party (SNP) led by John Swinney, and the Green Party co-led by Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay. Stay updated on the latest news developments by visiting NDTV.com for live news coverage both from India and across the world.
