UK gets hung parliament

The British election has resulted in a hung parliament with the opposition Conservatives as the biggest party, but failing to gain an overall majority, figures confirmed.

After the results in 615 of 649 constituencies were counted, the Tories had 290 seats, followed by Labour with 247 and the Liberal Democrats with 51. The results mean that it will be impossible for the Tories to reach the minimum of 326 seats required for an overall majority.