1/7 Exit polls show David Cameron's Conservative Party winning 316 seats. He finished with 331 seats - enough for a slim six-seat majority.
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2/7 Ed Miliband's Labour Party held an early lead, and exit polls indicated they'd win 239 seats. Instead they won 232 seats and Milliband subsequently resigned.
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3/7 Nicola Sturgeon's Scottish National Party were tipped to win 58 seats, out of 59 Scottish electorates - instead they won 56, still a great result for Sturgeon.
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4/7 Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats were tipped to take a thrashing, dropping to 10 seats. They dropped even lower, finishing with eight. Clegg subsequently resigned.
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5/7 Leanne Wood and the Plaid Cymru Welsh nationalist party are predicted to win 4 seats. They finished with three seats overall.
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6/7 Nigel Farage's UKIP were expected to win 2 seats, but Farage was unable to win his own electorate. He subsequently resigned and left UKIP claim one seat.
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7/7 Despite a massive surge in share of vote, the UK Greens were only able to claim one seat, down from their 2 forecasted seats in the exit polls.