Instead, her election gamble has failed and she and her Conservative party have been weakened, with many today questioning May's future as prime minister.
Her opponents also took issue with her refusal to take part in a televised debate with other party leaders. Given that the elections led to a hung parliament, failing to form a majority government as the Conservatives secured 318 seats and the Labour Party secured 261, the United Kingdom is now left with the minority government option.
Making the announcement outside 10 Downing Street after a 20-minute audience with the Queen yesterday, a solemn Mrs May kept her speech short, saying that she will form a government "that will provide certainty" and lead the country into the complex Brexit negotiations while sticking to the timetable.
The turnout in the election is estimated at around 68.7 per cent - up 2 per cent on the last general election.
After the voting, Corbyn called on May to resign.
The exit poll is predicting the Conservatives will win 314 seats in the 650-member parliament and the leftist opposition Labour Party 266 creating a hung parliament with no clear victor.
The poll forecast the Scottish National Party (SNP) would win 34 seats, the center-left Liberal Democrats 14, the Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru three and the Greens one. Youngsters and elderly joined together yesterday, 'which made them possible to conquer 261 seats compared to the 318 of the ruling Conservative Party.
"I don't see how she can be a strong and credible figure now to lead these negotiations", he said.
Rodman begins sightseeing on NKorea trip he hopes opens door
A 2009 visit by former President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, secured the freedom of American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling. Rodman, 56, told CNN he was hoping to do "something that's pretty positive" as he boarded a plane to North Korea from Beijing.
"Hard Brexit went in the rubbish bin tonight." - former Conservative finance minister George Osborne.
In the aftermath of one of the most sensational nights in British electoral history, politicians and commentators called May's decision to hold the election a colossal mistake and derided her performance on the campaign trail.
The DUP's deputy leader Nigel Dodds confirmed that the party's condition for shoring up the new Tory government is an assurance that Northern Ireland will not be accorded special European Union status after Brexit that will keep it distinct from the rest of the United Kingdom.
"It is incumbent on us to listen to other parties in Parliament, and people outside it, about the best way forward".
"If she had got the majority she wanted, she would have been a supreme political colossus", he said.
It would also in theory make it cheaper for foreign people and companies to spend and invest in Britain, though analysts say any gains would likely be offset by the chilling effect the general uncertainty will have on business investment.
A further problem can be found in the way this election has reshaped the political map of England, with constituencies in the north that backed Brexit a year ago leaning to the Conservatives, while those in the south that backed Remain saw a swing to Labour and the loss of Tory seats.
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