London Mayoral Election 2024: When will the winner be announced?
Londoners went to the polls on Thursday, 2 May to elect a mayor and 25 London Assembly members.
Around six million people were registered to vote in this year’s election, which decides who will be in charge of the capital for the next four years.
The ballot boxes were moved from more than 3,600 polling stations across the capital, staffed by around 12,000 people, to 14 counting centres in the city overnight.
But the results are unlikely to be declared until late on Saturday, as verification of the votes does not start until Friday morning at 9am.
Counting of the votes then starts at 9am on Saturday, with three ballot papers needing to
