May 7, 2010 8:04 PM

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Conservatives look set to form next government in UK

In the United Kingdom, Opposition Tories led by a young David Cameron emerged the single largest party in a hung Parliament defeating Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour and were poised to form the next government possibly with support from Liberal Democrats.Out of 624 seats declared, the Conservative party of 43-year-old Cameron won 294 seats in yesterday's general election, while Labour bagged 251 and Liberal Democrats of Nick Clegg secured 52 in the 650-member House of Commons.History was created when two Indian-origin women — Priti Patel (Conservative) and Valerie Vaz, sister of Labour MP Keith Vaz — were declared elected in the polls. They will be the first Asian woman MPs in the House.The poll in the constituency of Thirsk and Malton has been postponed until the 27th of this month due to the death of the UKIP candidate, John Boakes. Only 25 seats are left to be declared and even if Conservatives win all of them, they will still be short of an absolute majority — 326 seats.Liberal Democrats leader Clegg, who has emerged as a king-maker, said the party with the largest number of seats and votes should assume power.Clegg said the Conservatives had the first right to seek to govern after the election. An alliance, if not a coalition, between the Conservative and the Liberal Democrats crosses the magic figure of 326 seats.Cameron declared that Prime Minister Brown and the Labour party had lost the mandate to rule and Braitain wants change. Cameron indicated that he will enter into negotiations to determine who will form the next government and only national interest will guide him.Brown, on the other hand, insisted that it was his duty to ensure that Britain had a 'strong, stable and principled' government, which pointed towards a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

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