Britain votes: Social media reacts in shock over prospect of hung Parliament

Exit poll results are projected on the BBC's Broadcasting House in central London. PHOTO: REUTERS
Lee Min Kok
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June 9, 2017 at 6:58 AM

LONDON - Social media has been left stunned over a British general election exit poll released on Thursday (June 8), which predicted that Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party will lose its overall majority.

The poll figures have the ruling Conservatives with 314 seats, leaving them 12 short of the 326 needed for a majority in Parliament.

The hashtags #exitpoll and #hungparliament were trending on Twitter, with netizens expressing shock and bemusement at the prospect of Mrs May's decision to call a snap election backfiring spectacularly.

UK voters go to the polls in a British election which, after two Islamist attacks in two weeks, has thrust security to the top of the campaign agenda. But Brexit and the economy are likely to come back with a vengeance.

Here are some of the best reactions.

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