:00:00. > :00:00.Good morning, everyone, and welcome to a special
:00:00. > :00:10.I'm Ricky live outside the Houses of Parliament on a really important
:00:11. > :00:24.morning for the future of the country.
:00:25. > :00:29.I'm here in Westminster, in the heart of London
:00:30. > :00:33.because yesterday, adults in the UK voted for who they want
:00:34. > :00:38.All through the night, while you were asleep,
:00:39. > :00:46.Well, there is no clear winner of this election.
:00:47. > :00:50.The Conservative Party, led by the Prime Minister Theresa May,
:00:51. > :00:52.have won the most votes, but have not done well enough
:00:53. > :01:00.Theresa May stays as Prime Minister for now, though.
:01:01. > :01:02.And although the Conservatives are the biggest party
:01:03. > :01:05.after the election, it's being seen as a big defeat for her
:01:06. > :01:08.because they did much worse than she, and many
:01:09. > :01:14.Let's have a look at what's been happening -
:01:15. > :01:22.Martin's been up all night - and sent us this.
:01:23. > :01:29.Millions of adults, somewhat the pet dogs, turned up to polling stations
:01:30. > :01:34.across the UK on Thursday. From your schools to a launderette, and even a
:01:35. > :01:38.castle. Voting on who should run the country took place on the morning
:01:39. > :01:44.until late at night. It has just gone 10pm, the doors are closed, all
:01:45. > :01:48.the signs are coming down, and the polling stations are now officially
:01:49. > :01:53.close. It is now time to take all those votes so they can be counted.
:01:54. > :01:58.The ballot box is then rushed to places like this, right now I'm in
:01:59. > :02:02.Leeds town Hall, check out all this excitement. Hundreds of people
:02:03. > :02:09.counting thousands of votes, and I've got to say, I'm getting a bit
:02:10. > :02:19.concentration by. Yes, lots of concentration. It is exciting, and
:02:20. > :02:21.like this, happening all around the country, in every city and town,
:02:22. > :02:24.there are groups of people doing this. It was a long night,
:02:25. > :02:27.especially for a lot of nervous voters for Theresa May's
:02:28. > :02:32.Conservative Party. That's because they did much worse than many people
:02:33. > :02:35.expected. It is a massive blow to the Prime Minister. She did not need
:02:36. > :02:41.to have an election but decided to have one anyway. Even though they
:02:42. > :02:51.came second, the Labour Party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, did much better
:02:52. > :02:56.than the people expected. This is a big deal, this seed was currently
:02:57. > :03:00.held by the Liberal Democrats. Now Labour have taken it. Overall,
:03:01. > :03:03.business or clear winner after an exciting night. -- there's no clear
:03:04. > :03:05.winner. So it's a really confusing
:03:06. > :03:08.picture to be waking up to. Here at Parliament, lots
:03:09. > :03:10.of journalists are running around, trying to make some sense out of it
:03:11. > :03:13.all, and that's not easy when you've As I mentioned before,
:03:14. > :03:17.the Conservatives have won the most votes, but not well enough to form
:03:18. > :03:20.a Government on their own. When this happens, it's called
:03:21. > :03:33.a "hung parliament". To win, a team or party needs to
:03:34. > :03:38.reach the magic number of fringe and 26 MPs. That's more than anyone else
:03:39. > :03:42.put together, and you can put your plans through Parliament -- fringe
:03:43. > :03:46.and 26. If you can do that, you can be Prime Minister. If no single team
:03:47. > :03:51.can reach the target, they will need help to claim victory, this could
:03:52. > :03:55.take a while. One way is to borrow MPs from another team to get the
:03:56. > :03:59.winning high score. But if that is still not enough, they need to
:04:00. > :04:03.borrow MPs from two or even more teams to get them over the finish
:04:04. > :04:09.line. This is where it can get tricky. If everyone isn't happy with
:04:10. > :04:14.the deal, their partnership could crumble. If a high-scoring team can
:04:15. > :04:18.keep control and work with other teams, they will have the best
:04:19. > :04:25.chance to hit the score of fringe and 26. Well done, Leah, you have
:04:26. > :04:26.one, you got a Prime Minister and a government, it is after Ten Downing
:04:27. > :04:33.Street. So, there you have it, a hung
:04:34. > :04:38.parliament. If you're still confused or want to find out more about what
:04:39. > :04:42.happened, you can head to Newsround online, and you can ask a question.
:04:43. > :04:47.If you have a question, we will try and get them answered for you. I
:04:48. > :04:51.will be spending the whole day here in London, soaking up the atmosphere
:04:52. > :04:54.and giving you all the latest here Newsround. Don't forget, you can
:04:55. > :05:04.come back in half an hour of the loads.
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