<span style="color: #222222;">British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won the historic UK General Election as his Conservative Party crossed the magic number of 326 required for a majority in the Parliament.<br />'' <br />'' Johnson hailed the projected win for his Conservative Party as a powerful new mandate to move forward with his deal to leave European Union, the 28-member economic bloc.<br />'' <br />'' The latest projections put the Johnson-led Conservatives at around 363, but the party can safely celebrate its victory as it comfortably crossed over the half-way finish line for the 650-member House of Commons.<br />'' <br />'' The Opposition Labour is projected to get 203 seats, a disastrous performance for the party which resulted in leader Jeremy Corbyn announcing that he would be stepping down.<br />'' <br />'' The Conservatives have taken a string of former Labour strongholds, with Labour having lost seats in the north of England, Midlands and Wales in areas that voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum.<br />'' <br />'' The snap election had been called by Johnson in a bid to win a majority for his Conservative Party and break the Commons deadlock over Brexit.<br />'' <br />'' The UK's Indian diaspora today hailed the impressive victory of Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the historic General Election.<br />'' <br />'' The election marking Johnson's victory has set the UK to leave the European Union (EU) in the New Year.  <br />''  <br />'' Britain's first December election in nearly a century was called by Mr Johnson with a central goal to break the deadlock in Parliament over Britain's impending exit European Union (EU) and diaspora leaders felt this message resonated with the Indian-origin voters alongside the wider electorate.<br />'' <br />'' Mr Johnson won the historic election as his Conservative Party crossed the 326-mark required for a majority in Parliament.<br />'' <br />'' Lord Rami Ranger, the co-chair of the Conservative Friends of India (CFIN), said that Boris Johnson will deliver Brexit and take the country to the next level.<br />'' <br />'' The survey had thrown up an 18 per cent undecided set of British Indian voters, showing a large chunk of diaspora votes up for grabs which seem to have been capitalized by the Tories.<br />'' <br />'' The Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP) diaspora outfit pro-actively rallied community votes against what it said was the Labour Party's betrayal of British Indians.<br />''<br />''Overall, Boris Johnson's victory is seen as good news for India-UK relations, given his past track record.</span>