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by TheGRS 3117 days ago
Are they the real results or the exit polls?
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Exit polls are instant. The national implications of elections are usually declared around 3-5am (counting starts around 10pm). The last constituencies usual declare by midday the next day. In the last UK general one constituency took two days - there were about 12 votes between the top two parties so they did a few recounts.
in the UK That's part of the fun staying up to watch the returns come in even more so if your actually working I got home after dawn one time