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| Election Results 2017 summary: Key points at-a-glance | Election Results 2017 summary: Key points at-a-glance |
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| Here's an at-a-glance guide to the key points of the UK General Election night as they happen. | Here's an at-a-glance guide to the key points of the UK General Election night as they happen. |
| Story so far | Story so far |
| Follow the latest news at it happens on our live page | Follow the latest news at it happens on our live page |
| First results | First results |
| See more on overall results so far here | |
| What the parties are saying | What the parties are saying |
| Key video clips | Key video clips |
| Analysis | |
| BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg: | |
| If these numbers are correct, Theresa May played a high-risk political game and has lost it - she didn't have to call this election, and only did so in order to give herself a mandate and breathing space during the bumpy ride of Brexit. | |
| Just a few weeks ago at the start of all of this she seemed unassailable, but a shaky campaign and an insurgent Labour Party may have dashed the Tories' hopes. | |
| Read more from Laura | |
| BBC economics editor Kamal Ahmed: | |
| When the general election exit poll was revealed at 10pm, the pound immediately dropped by 2% as investors took a position that a hung parliament was a possible outcome of the general election. | |
| Why would that cause the currency to decline? Because a hung parliament means that the government's direction of travel would be less certain. | |
| Read more from Kamal | |
| In pictures | In pictures |
| See more images from the night here | |
| Last time round | Last time round |
| At the last election in 2015, the parties won the following number of seats: | At the last election in 2015, the parties won the following number of seats: |