Electoral college of 650 constituencies English, Scotland, Welsh language And Northern Ireland opened at 7:00 a.m. local time on Thursday, in Britain’s first general election since the country formally left the European Union.

Voting will continue until 22:00 local time.when the first estimates of the results based on the polls are published. The results will be known shortly, and most local constituencies are expected to announce their candidates. morning winner.

Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to vote in his Yorkshire constituency of Richmond and Northallerton, while Labour leader Keir Starmer will vote in his London constituency of Holborn and St Pancras.

This is the first vote since the electoral district boundaries were redrawn in 2023. In the review, England gained ten seats, while Scotland and Wales lost two and eight seats respectively.. There is no change in the number of seats in Northern Ireland.

This is also the first general election where voters must remember to bring a photo ID to be able to vote. In May, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away at a polling station in municipal elections after forgetting the new rules.

However, many have already voted by mail. reported that some voters They had not received their ballot papers in the post on Election Day night. Scottish politicians were quick to condemn the delay. Many schools in Scotland have suspended classes for the summer, meaning families who have travelled from there holiday abroad and were expected to vote by mail before leaving but were unable to do so.

How do elections work in the UK?

There is 650 seats at stake in the House of Commons, one for each constituency or electoral district.

Citizens elect the person they want to represent their constituency in the House of Commons. Candidates stand on their constituency lists independently or, more commonly, on behalf of a political party.

The United Kingdom uses an electoral system called ‘first-past-the-post’, which means that The candidate who obtains the most votes in his/her electoral district becomes the representative.. This also means that parties can win a large percentage of the national vote, but not win a single seat if they do not come in first place.

The party with the majority of seats in Parliament, at least 326usually form a government.

When will we know the results?

At 22:00 WIB, 23:00 Spanish time and Central Europe, the UK network will announce a exit poll which provides a generally accurate estimate of the distribution of seats based on a survey of voters leaving 133 polling stations across the country.

As constituents across the country confirm their election results, it will become clear throughout the evening whether the exit polls were correct. Results should be confirmed around 6:30 p.m.local time, (7:30 Spanish time) on Friday.