Parliamentary elections in the U.K. started on July 4, with 40,000 polling stations to be open across the country until 10:00 p.m., Sky News.<\/p>\n
“Polls open across the country in the first general election for almost five years,” the news channel said.<\/p>\n
A total of 650 parliamentary constituencies are being contested. The party with the greatest number of seats will have the right to form the government.<\/p>\n
When all the votes are counted after the polls close, a party needs 326 seats for a majority in the House of Commons without relying on support from smaller parties.<\/p>\n
On July 3, it was reported that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was fearful of becoming the first British Prime Minister to lose his seat in the country’s parliament.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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