UK election latest

David Cameron\'s Conservative Party is projected to win the majority of seats in the UK election, but the the first exit poll after the end of voting has indicated that the country could be heading for a hung parliament.



The BBC/Sky/ITV News poll has projected the Conservatives winning 307 seats in the House of Commons.



Gordon Brown\'s Labour Party, in power for the last 13 years, is projected to win 255 seats while Nick Clegg\'s Liberal Democrats are projected to win 59 seats.



A hung parliament is the term used when no single party controls an overall majority.



However Cameron’s conservative Party will likely claim a mandate to form the country\'s next government if the results of the exit poll are borne out by results.



The casting of ballots across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland caps a month-long election campaign marked by Britain\'s first-ever televised debates among the leaders of the three main parties, Brown, David Cameron of the Conservative Party and Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats.



Brown has stood at the center of British government since 1997, when Labour ended 18 years of Conservative rule, first as the powerful chancellor, or finance minister, under Tony Blair for a decade, and then as prime minister since 2007.