Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage all quit as party leaders
The leaders of the United Kingodom (UK) opposition parties have resigned after their parties recorded lower votes at the just concluded 2015 elections.

Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour Party while announcing his resignation said he was "so sorry" for all of his colleagues who have lost their seats overnight, including former shadow chancellor Ed Balls.


He also said he takes "absolute and total responsibility" for the party's losses, adding that he will "never give up" fighting for the Britain he believes in.

Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats also stepped down, after the party failed to gain a majority at the polls.

Nigel Farage of UKIP also quit after missing out on his seat at the House of Parliament.

For Scotland's Scottish National Party (SNP) leader, Nicola  Sturgeon however, it was a different story as the party swept votes in the region, gaining 59 seats in the parliament in a move commentators around the globe are calling a "seismic shift" in UK politics.

The party now has 56 MPs while Labour and the Lib Dems have seen their standing slashed to one seat each. The Conservatives retain their single seat.

Meanwhile, Cameron who earlier met with the Queen has said that  he will form a majority Conservative government and thanked all those who worked to make the soon-to-be former coalition a success particularly, his former deputy Nick Clegg.

A breakdown of the just concluded UK election is as follows:
Conservatives - 11.1 million votes, 325 seats
Labour - 9.2 million votes, 229 seats
SNP - 1.5 million votes, 59 seats
Liberal Democrats - 2.4 million votes, 8 seats
PLAID - 181,700 votes, 3 seats
UKIP - 3.8 million votes, 1 seat
Green Party - 1.2 million votes, 1 seat

This story was published on http://pulse.ng/

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