May will apparently keep the prime minister's job for now, but her ability to effectively manage what was already an enormously hard economic and political transition has probably been crippled. Politically speaking the United Kingdom now has a Hung Parliament despite May's Conservative Party losing the majority- a major blow for May and her party.
The development is an embarrassing turn for the British Prime Minister, who called the vote three years earlier than required, in a bid to give her a strong position in Brexit negotiations. The Scottish National Party is projected to win 34 seats, the Liberal Democrats 14 seats, and other parties 22 seats. But one issue is that the Brexit talks are due to start on the 19th of this month. A former advocate of remaining in the EU, she now promises to press forward with Brexit, reducing immigration and forging a new relationship with the UK's European neighbors.
She seems secure for the immediate future, because senior Conservatives don't want to plunge the party into a damaging leadership contest.
However, the Conservative Party were only 287 votes from forming a majority government and could have done so by winning four seats.
May now risks more Opposition to her Brexit plans from inside and outside her party, though a party source said leading the Conservatives was seen as too much of a poisoned chalice for her to face an immediate challenge.
May will also need the support of the socially conservative, pro-Brexit Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which won 10 seats in Northern Ireland. He said voters had rejected her Brexit plan.
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More than 46 million people, including an estimated 1.5 million Indian-origin voters, are eligible to vote in what is the fourth major United Kingdom poll in three years, following the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the 2015 general election, and the 2016 Brexit vote.
Even if the exit poll has underestimated the number of Conservative seats, as it did in 2015, and the party ends up with a slim majority, May will be so weakened that she may not be able to keep her job.
"I felt passionate about voting to make sure Theresa May knew that young people like me would never support her or a Conservative government", said 23-year-old student Janet Walsh, who voted Labour. "I think that's enough for her to go, actually".
"I will now form a government", May said in front of 10 Downing Street after speaking with Queen Elizabeth.
European Commissioner Gunther Oettinger has warned that the inconclusive result of the General Election could lead to a worse result for both sides. Together, the two parties will have a narrow majority in Parliament.
During an appearance on Radio 4, Mr Leslie, a long-time adversary of Mr Corbyn, said the result was not worth celebrating.
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