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U.K. Votes in Pivotal Elections

Polls show the ruling Conservatives retaining their parliamentary majority.
Source: Marko Djurica / Reuters

Voters in the U.K. are deciding Thursday the composition of their Parliament, a pivotal choice that will determine who forms the next government.

Most polls the center-right Conservatives, headed by Prime Minister Theresa May, will emerge the biggest party, though its over the opposition center-left Labour Party has fallen in the run up to the June 8 vote. Still, the Tories, as the Conservatives are known, are expected to have enough seats in the 650-seat House of Commons to form a new government; 326 seats

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