Meanwhile in the UK : Shock exit poll puts Conservatives in touching distance of outright win

[octoberlib]

David Cameron was on track to secure an astonishing electoral triumph according to a shock exit poll which predicted that the Conservatives would win 316 seats – up nine on 2010 – with Labour plummeting to 239 seats, down 18.

If the poll forecasts were borne out in the final Westminster tally, it would leave Cameron within touching distance of an overall Commons majority without the need for the support of the Liberal Democrats.

The poll predicted a near wipeout for Labour in Scotland, with 58 seats out of 59 for the Scottish National party and the Liberal Democrats collapsing to 10.

That would leave Cameron hardly needing to wait to see whether the Lib Dems would support the Tories in a second coalition.

The exit poll was way out of line with national opinion polls that had showed the two main parties neck and neck. The projection would leave the Tories 57 seats ahead of Labour, with the combined Labour-SNP tally on 297, still behind the Conservatives.

Previous election exit polls have proved to be highly accurate in predicting seats for the winning party.


http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/07/exit-poll-conservatives-win-david-cameron-general-election-labour

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