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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 |
| Early results | |
| What the parties are saying | What the parties are saying |
| Social media reaction | |
| The hashtag #HungParliament shot to the top of Twitter's list of top UK trends after the general election exit poll predicted that the Conservatives would lose their overall majority. More than 70,000 messages were posted in under an hour. Read more here | |
| Key video clips | Key video clips |
| Analysis | Analysis |
| BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg: | 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. | 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. | 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 | Read more from Laura |
| BBC economics editor Kamal Ahmed: | 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. | 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. | 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 | Read more from Kamal |
| How to judge who's had a good night | |
| What if no-one wins the election? | |
| In pictures | In pictures |
| See more images from the night here | 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: |