UK voters set for polls

Voters in the United Kingdom are set for the polls on Thursday for the country’s third general election in less than five years. EPA
Voters in the United Kingdom are set for the polls on Thursday for the country’s third general election in less than five years. EPA

UNITED KINGDOM – Voters here were set for the polls on Thursday for the country’s third general election in less than five years. 

The contest, the first to be held in December in nearly 100 years, follows those in 2015 and 2017.

Polling stations in 650 constituencies across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland open at 7:00 GMT.

A total of 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) will be chosen under the first-past-the-post system used for general elections, in which the candidate who secures the most votes in each individual constituency is elected. 

Elections in the UK traditionally take place every four or five years. But, in October, MPs voted for the second snap poll. It is the first winter election since 1974 and the first to take place in December since 1923.

The results are due to be announced in the early hours of Friday morning.(BBC)

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