Britons started to go to the polls Thursday in the most unpredictable election in decades to decide the composition of the country’s next parliament from which a new government is chosen.
Altogether some 45 million Britons are registered to vote for their local MP in 650 constituencies in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, each based on a simple first-past-the-post system. A total of 4,149 candidates are standing from no less than 135 parties as well as 315 independents, even though the essential contest is between Labour, Conservatives and third-placed Liberal Democrats.
The elections are seen as particularly crucial coming after Britain suffered its worst economic recession in over 70 years and the country’s democratic system has been discredited by the recent scandal over the extent of MPs expenses.
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