UK Elections 2017: What a hung parliament means for Britain

A national exit poll suggests that Conservatives,expected to expand their majority, may have lost

What seemed like a long shot at the start of Britain’s general election may actually be happening: A national exit poll suggests that the Conservatives, who expected to expand their majority in Parliament, may have lost it instead.

That would make it a hung Parliament. Here is what that could mean.

What is a hung Parliament?

A hung Parliament occurs when no party has won a majority of the seats in the House of Commons. That could mean that no party would have a clear and outright mandate to form the new government.

Prime Minister Theresa May called for this