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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicUK elections

Topic: UK elections

Race to be next UK PM begins as momentum grows behind Boris Johnson

Johnson's colleagues are divided over the potential return, warning he would plunge the country into fresh chaos.

Rishi Sunak extends lead in UK PM race, bags 115 votes in third round of voting

Only four candidates are now left in the race. The fourth round of voting will take place Tuesday, leading to a final shortlist of two candidates by Thursday.

Boris Johnson wins UK election with landslide majority, sets Brexit date for 31 Jan 2020

The UK election results validated Boris Johnson’s gamble on a snap poll to break the deadlock in Parliament over Brexit as his Conservative Party won their biggest majority since Margaret Thatcher in 1987.

4 key takeaways from Boris Johnson’s landmark victory in UK elections

Boris Johnson’s Conservatives have won at least 360 seats in 650-member House of Commons — largest majority since 1987 win under then PM Margret Thatcher.

Jeremy Corbyn set to step down as Labour Party leader after record defeat

Exit polls suggested Labour would lose 61 seats since the 2017 election, finishing on just 201 MPs, making it the party's worst result since 1935.

Boris Johnson’s Conservatives head for big majority in British election

Johnson’s majority – the biggest for his Conservatives since Margaret Thatcher’s in 1987 – will give him more power to get his own way on Brexit.

Long nights and dealing with a shifting electorate — How the UK exit poll is made

A team of political experts will sift through data of millions of voters, while also comparing voting trends from previous years to predict who will run Britain's government next.

Poll survey puts Boris Johnson in the lead, but predicts hung Parliament

If the Conservative Party secures a majority in the UK general election, Prime Minister Johnson will be able to pass his controversial Brexit deal and take Britain out of the 28-member EU on 31 January.

What a ‘youthquake’ is, and why it could be a factor in the UK elections

In the 2017 UK elections, masses of young people registered to vote and the phenomenon was said to have helped the Labour Party’s electoral gains.

Indians & other Commonwealth citizens in UK can vote in its elections. Here’s why & how

Citizens of all Commonwealth countries — including India — and Ireland living in the UK can vote in its local, supralocal, devolved parliaments and general elections.

On Camera

Zohran Mamdani’s New York win revives a forgotten history — of Gujarati Muslim cosmopolitanism

From Mughal ports to Dutch wars to Bombay’s merchant dynasties, Gujarati Muslims once shaped the Indian Ocean world — long before one of their descendants took New York.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Doctor-led terror module behind Delhi blast was in phase 2 of ops, planned serial bombings in December

While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.