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Labour has won the 2024 general election with a landslide victory.
While some seats are still to be declared, Sir Keir Starmer announced the party had won after Labour passed the 326 seats required for a majority in Parliament.
Exit polls on Thursday night predicted 410 seats for Labour with a huge 279-seat majority over the Tories on 131.
The chart below shows the seats that have been declared for each party so far.
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Our map shows which constituencies across the country have returned MPs following the six week election campaign. The UK’s political makeup has changed significantly with Labour set to have a historical majority in a stark turnaround of fortunes since Boris Johnson’s victory in 2019.
See which seats have been declared live as they come in:
Rishi Sunak has called Sir Keir Starmer to concede the election as the Labour leader prepares to enter Downing Street with one of the biggest Commons majorities in history.
Penny Mordaunt and Therese Coffey are among a host of senior Tories to have lost their seats, with more expected to follow as the final results come in.
Defence secretary Grant Shapps and Alex Chalk, the justice secretary, are the first two cabinet ministers to lose their seats with several more expected to follow.
Workers Party leader George Galloway has lost his seat in Rochdale to Labour, while Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has won his seat in Clacton after his eighth attempt at joining the House of Commons was finally successful.
Former Labour MP Jeremy Corby has won his constituency of Islington North as an Independent.
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