London, Dec 12 (UNI) According to Savanta ComRes survey, Conservatives are 41 per cent ahead of Labour Party on 36 per cent in the Britain's second general election in the backdrop of Brexit.
Millions of Britons headed to the polls on Thursday to choose their government in a deeply divided moment for the country.
Prime Minister and Conservative Party candidate Boris Johnson, walking his recently adopted dog named Dilyn, cast his vote at a polling station in central London, whereas Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn went to vote in north London.
Ahead of his vote, Johnson tweeted, "Today is our chance to get Brexit done. Vote Conservative."
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon visited a polling station in Glasgow, while Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson also cast her vote at a polling station in the city accompanied by her husband Duncan Hames.
The Telegraph, one of UK's leading dailies, in its final poll on Wednesday night showed the election was "on a knife edge" between Conservative and Labour party.
"Despite both leaders facing criticism, Mr Johnson’s "get Brexit done" message has appeared to be cutting through the noise, while Mr Corbyn has struggled to break over 35 points in the polls," it further reported.
Boris Johnson has launched his election campaign, saying his Brexit deal "delivers everything I campaigned for", adding that once Brexit was done, a Tory government could get on with "better education" and "better infrastructure".
The UK government formally announced the country's withdrawal in March 2017, Following a June 2016 referendum, in which 51.9 per cent voted to leave the European Union, a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe, starting a two-year process that was due to conclude with the UK withdrawing on March 29, 2019.
As the UK parliament voted against or failed to ratify the negotiated withdrawal agreements, that deadline has been extended three times. The deadline is currently January 31, 2020.
Mr Johnson gave the Tories an initial boost when he was elected party leader at the end of July, with average polling figures showing Conservative support jumping from around 25 per cent to almost 35 per cent by the start of September, pulling well clear of Labour.
This was helped by a crash in support for the Brexit Party. Mr Farage’s party had been riding high following their success in the EU Parliament elections, with more than one in five people backing the Brexit Party. This support has since switched back to the Tories under Boris Johnson.
The contest, the first to be held in December in nearly 100 years, follows those in 2015 and 2017. Elections in the UK traditionally take place every four or five years. But, in October, MPs voted for the second snap poll in as many years. It is the first winter election since 1974 and the first to take place in December since 1923.
Polling stations in 650 constituencies across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland opened at 0700 hrs (GMT).
After the polls close at 2200 GMT, counting will begin straight away. Most results are due to be announced in the early hours of Friday morning.
A total of 650 MPs will be chosen under the first-past-the-post system used for general elections, in which the candidate who secures the most votes in each individual constituency is elected.
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