First hung Parliament in UK in decades
London - The UK was facing a hung parliament Friday after one of the most fiercely fought general elections in years saw David Cameron´s Conservative party win the most seats, but not quite enough to win victory over Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Cameron declared his party had earned the right to govern, while Brown gave no sign he would resign. This causes political uncertainty as both parties look to form alliances. Nick Clegg, whose Liberal Democrat party could now hold the key to power indicated Friday that his party would be willing to talk first to the Conservatives about forming a coalition government.
This is the first time since 1974 that no party has won an absolute majority of seats in the House of Commons. When it did occur back in the 70´s, voters were back at the polls wihin months as another election was held in order to determine an outright winner.
So what happens now? Traditionally, if no party has a wins by majority, the sitting prime minister has the right to stay in office and try to win a confidence motion in parliament and this could lead to a new election being held within weeks to determine an outright winner should the Liberal Democrats team up with the Conservatives.
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