Labor Wins General Election: BBC Exit PollTony Blair's Labor Party appears set for a second general election landslide, according to the BBC exit poll.The survey, published when polling stations closed at 2100 GMT, suggests that Labor has taken 44 percent of the vote, the Conservatives 32 percent, the Liberal Democrats 17 percent and others 7 percent. That would give Labor 408 seats, the Conservatives 177, Liberal Democrats 44 and others 30. At the 1997 general election Labor had 418 Seats, William Hague's Tories had 165 and Charles Kennedy's Liberal Democrats had 46. The exit poll would mean Labor having a majority of about 160, against the 179 it won in 1997. If the results of the poll carried out by NOP at polling stations across Britain prove accurate it would mean that Tony Blair looks set for a historic second full term as Labor prime minister. Meanwhile, a MORI exit poll for ITV suggests a Labor majority of 175, with big gains for the Lib Dems. |
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