General Election LIVE: Cameron on road to victory

THE RESULTS of the 2010 General Election are flooding in as decision time draws closer for Britain.

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Labour currently has 225 seats, the Tories have 276, the LibDems have 48 and other parties have 27.

The first constituency results suggest the Tories may have secured a large enough swing for an overall majority.

A 5.7 per cent Tory swing against Labour across England, and a 4.9 per cent swing in Wales means the Conservatives are on track for a victory.

A ballot box in Sunderland L and a TV exit poll puts the Tories close to victory R A ballot box in Sunderland (L) and a TV exit poll puts the Tories close to victory (R)

As results trickled in, former Home Secretary David Blunkett reluctantly admitted Labour had “regrettably” lost the election.

He said the party must now “unite the anti-Conservative forces” to form a coalition if possible but warned that he believes it is “quite likely” the Conservatives will win an overall majority.

Mr Blunkett said: “My instinct is that regrettably we have lost the election. We should now go for uniting the anti-Conservative forces, if we are in a position, in a way that minimises the damage they can do to the economy, social policy and the wellbeing of the people who voted for us in the election yesterday.”

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EXIT POLL RESULTS

Meanwhile a General Election exit poll has put the Tories tantalisingly close to a historic victory after polls closed tonight.

The exit poll - which observers say should be "treated with caution" - gives the Tories 307 seats, Labour 255 and the Liberal Democrats just 59.

This puts the Conservatives just 19 seats short of the 326 seats needed for an overall majority.

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If the poll mirrored reality, it would mean Britain faces a hung parliament.

Lib Dem deputy leader Vince Cable described the outcome of the exit poll as “very strange” and insisted they had been “horribly wrong” in the past.

Shadow schools secretary Michael Gove argued exit polls "can show rogue results".

But he added: “This is another piece of evidence of a comprehensive rejection of Gordon Brown and the Labour Government and a strong vote for change.”

Mr Gove said he “absolutely believed” it was possible for the Tories to win a majority, adding there may be some “quirky” results in parts of the country.

POLLING STATION CHAOS

Hundreds of furious would-be voters in areas including London, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle were prevented from casting their votes because of long queues.

The scenes prompted the Electoral Commission to promise a “thorough review” into incidents around the country where people were unable to vote by the time polls closed at 10pm.

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The commission said it was a cause for “serious concern” that many people who wanted to vote were prevented from doing so.

It added: “There should have been sufficient resources allocated to ensure that everyone who wished to vote was able to do so.

TORY VICTORY HOPE

Opinion polls last night left the race for 10 Downing Street too close to call, with Westminster apparently on course for the chaos of the first hung Parliament since the 1970s.

But opinion polls have been wrong in the past, and millions of voters were still deciding where to put their cross this morning as Britain went to the polls.

Amid all the uncertainty one thing is clear – Britain is thoroughly sick of the failed leadership of Gordon Brown and his legacy of ruined Government finances, uncontrolled mass immigration and failed public services.

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As if proof were needed, figures last night confirmed Britain is borrowing more than even riot-torn Greece.

Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats cannot win the election, but a vote for them would only help to keep Brown in charge.

The country is crying out for a leader with the guts and determination to rebuild the economy and mend the devastation left by 13 disastrous years of New Labour.

The Daily Express believes that David Cameron has proved he can be that leader.

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