Rather than securing the landslide victory she craved, May saw her party lose seats and fail to secure a majority in Parliament.
The U.K. election results are a setback to May and the Conservative Party ahead of the start of Brexit negotiations in 10 days.
"She put her party before her country".
"It is clear that only the Conservative and Unionist Party has the legitimacy and ability to provide that", she said.
May called for this snap election in order to strengthen Tories majority in Parliament ahead of the talks with the European Union about Brexit.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said May should resign.
It would represent a remarkable turnaround in Labour and Jeremy Corbyn's fortunes and a spectacular decline in the popularity of Theresa May's Conservatives since the Prime Minister's decision to call the snap election. "Well the mandate she's got is lost Conservative seats, lost votes, lost support and lost confidence".
"I don't have any anger because I don't think there's any point in being angry at anybody", he told Sky News. May will face the tall task of first fending off challenges to her own leadership and then attempting to negotiate a satisfactory Brexit with a razor-thin majority.
But that gamble did not pay off, as concerns about social programs and security issues replaced Brexit as the main talking points in the United Kingdom.
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With one result to be declared, the Conservatives have won 318 seats, gaining 20, losing 32 giving them an overall loss of 12.
May's Conservative party is still the largest party in Parliament, but no longer has enough seats to govern alone, after key seats fell to the Labour Party. The election results show that British voters were concerned about the possible repercussions of a hard Brexit, including lower public spending.
Reuters reports that Gunther H. Oettinger, a European Commission budget and human resources commissioner, expressed doubt about the talks starting as planned. "Time for everyone to regroup".
"It's important to have a Government that can take the Brexit negotiations through".
The official start of Brexit negotiations are due to begin on June 19.
A referendum on the final Brexit deal might also be on the horizon in at least two years time. It would make British exports more price competitive around the world - something that was reflected in a rise in shares for major British companies on Friday.
But the BBC reports that May will not step down, and the prime minister called for "stability" in the aftermath of the election that resulted in a hung Parliament.
Beard: Theresa May wanted to drive a hard bargain with the U.K.'s European partners. Critics say Corbyn, an advocate of nationalisation and other old-left policies, embodies an outdated vision the party left behind during the "New Labour" years of Prime Minister Tony Blair.
"We put forward our policies - strong and hopeful policies - and they've gained an wonderful response and traction", he said.
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