UK Election 2017: Britain Gets First Female Sikh, Turbaned Lawmakers

Britain today got its first female Sikh and first turban-wearing MPs as the general election results began pouring in with Indian-origin Labour Party candidates winning more seats than their rival Conservatives.

British Prime Minister Theresa May confessed the naughtiest thing she had done was run through wheat fields, but "Running through fields of wheat is now officially the second worst thing Theresa May ever did," deputy political editor for The Times newspaper along with other social media users.

Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party will fail to win a parliamentary majority in Britain's election, according to an exit poll on Thursday, a shock result that would plunge domestic politics into turmoil and could delay Brexit talks.

British Prime Minister Theresa May's bet that she could strengthen her grip on power by calling an early election backfired spectacularly on Friday, with her Conservative Party on the verge of losing its parliamentary majority and May facing calls to resign.

Jeremy Corbyn, the British Labour leader, has called for British Prime Minister Theresa May to step down after her losses for the Conservative Party in the general election.

Theresa May's future as Britain's prime minister was thrown into doubt after early projections showed that her gamble to call an early election backfired spectacularly just 10 days before Brexit negotiations were due to start. The pound fell to the lowest since April.

British Prime Minister Theresa May was locked Thursday in a surprisingly tight contest with Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn that could test her grip on power, according to exit polls released after voting ended in the country's second parliamentary election in the past three years.

Sterling sank in Asia on Friday after British elections seemed to have left no single party with a clear claim to power, sideswiping investors who had already weathered major risk events in the United States and Europe.

Whoever ends up becoming Britain's new prime minister faces a daunting five years in office, with the negotiations of the country's withdrawal from the European Union topping the list of priorities.

Prime Minister Theresa May will win 314 seats in Britain's election, short of a majority in the 650-seat parliament, according to an exit poll released shortly after voting ended.

Britons streamed to the polls for the third time in two years on Thursday after a campaign dominated by terror attacks and the uncertainty of Brexit.

The UK election ended in a hung parliament after Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives Party failed to win a majority in the poll, as predicted by the exit polls.

As Britain goes to poll today, results of UK Elections 2017 will be declared by tomorrow, June 9. The counting will begin immediately after voting ends.

A final opinion poll published on Thursday as Britons vote in a national election showed Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives widening their lead to 8 percentage points from a 5 point lead in its previous survey.

As many as 56 candidates of Indian origin are contesting the UK Elections 2017, voting for which began today. In the 2015 UK elections, a record 10 Indian-origin candidates made it to the British Parliament.