Today, the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom will be selected. The way the Parliament is selected is by a "first past the post-system". It is a single-winner system, and there is no requirement that the winning party need to have the majority of votes.
It was prime minister David Cameron from the Conservatives who asked for a reelection. The oppositionleader is Ed Miliband from the British Working party - Labour. Now, the question is who is going to be selected tonight.
According to Norwegian newschannel NRK, the Conservatives are getting much more support from British newspapers. What the Brits are adviced to vote on depends on what newspapers they read, and the varied newspapers are in addition very subjective.
The polls are showing that the election is very close, and voters are deciding on who to vote for in last second. Anyhow, many people believe that more people than ever will take part in the election. It will be very interesting to see what is going to happen when the voting shuts at 11 pm tonight.
sources:
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/Derfor-velger-de-Cameron-eller-Miliband-i-dag--8011144.html
And the conservatives won with a clear margin and that was a surprise to many I think!
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