Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party have won a landslide victory, handing the biggest defeat to Rishi Sunak and the Tories of any political party since 1906.
Meanwhile, after eight attempts, Nigel Farage has become an MP by winning the seat in Clacton.
The UK uses a "first-past-the-post" voting system, unlike the proportional representation systems used in many other countries.
There are 650 constituencies across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
In each constituency, voters choose one candidate from a list. The candidate with the most votes wins a seat in the House of Commons.
If a party wins many seats by small margins, it may get more seats than its overall vote share suggests. For example, one party could win 51% of the vote in every seat, while another wins 49%. The first party would then get all the seats.
A party needs 326 seats - just over half of the 650 total - to form a government without needing a coalition. The party with the second-highest number of seats becomes the official opposition.
If no party wins 326 seats, the party with the most seats may form a coalition with another party to govern.
Ian Collins speaks with Delta Poll co-founder, Joe Twyman to explain how the voting system works.
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