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2019 UK General Election Results Friday Dec 13,2019


Ultimately, this was a Brexit election.

The British electorate had to choose between Conservative Party Led by Boris Johnson, who promised to deliver Brexit by January 31, 2020 if he won a majority, and Labour Party Led by Jeremy Corbyn who wanted to negotiate a new Brexit deal and then grant a new EU referendum.

This was their opportunity to break the logjam and give a new direction to British polity. While it is likely that Brexit would be expedited now, other difficult questions might raise their head.


After the results, Scottish National Party leader and Scotland First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, underlined that Scotland had sent a “very clear message” that it did not want a Boris Johnson Conservative government and the PM did not have a mandate to take Scotland out of the EU
It was also a “strong endorsement” for Scotland having a choice over its own future in another independence referendum, she added.
 
So, even as the British public has sent out a signal that it wants the Brexit turmoil to end, and end fast, the UK’s political future remains a matter of contestation.

Boris Johnson may have won big, but his travails are far from over as new challenges mount.

The SNP headed by Nicola Sturgeon has won 48 out of the 59 seats in Scotland


Nicola Sturgeon's SNP secured 45% of the vote in this election - 8.1% more than in the last in 2017, when it won 35 seats.

It was their second best result after 2015 when it got 56 seats








2019 UK General Election Results


Conservative 365
Labour 203
Scottish National 48
Liberal Democrat 11
Democratic Unionist 8
Sinn Fein 7
Plaid Cymru 4
Social Democratic & Labour 2
Green 1
Alliance 1
Total 650


























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