According to an exit poll published by polling firm Ipsos UK after the polls had closed, the Labour Party won power with 410 MPs in the 650-seat House of Commons.
The ruling Conservative Party’s number of seats in Parliament fell from 365 in the last election to 131.
The far-right Reform UK Party won 13 seats, the Liberal Democrats 61 seats, the Scottish National Party 10 seats and the Green Party 2 seats.
While Labour increased its seats from 202 in the last election to 410, the Liberal Democrats increased their seats from 11 to 61, and the Scottish National Party fell from 48 to 10.
The British Reform Party won 13 seats in its first election, and its leader, Nigel Farage, is set to become an MP for the first time after contesting seven elections.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, Attorney General Alex Chalk, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, Minister for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Lucy Fraser, Transport Secretary Mark Harper, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride and Veterans Affairs Minister Johnny Mercer. They are predicted to lose their seats.
If the exit poll results are accurate, Hunt will become the first Treasury minister in history to not be re-elected as a member of Parliament.
Citizens in the country, with an electorate of around 50 million, went to the polls yesterday in a general election to choose new members of the House of Representatives.
Voting ended at 10pm local time (00:00 Turkish lira).
A fuller picture of the election results will begin to emerge in the morning.
