Maldon: Conservative holdpublished at 03:57 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Summary
Election ends in hung Parliament: Conservatives win 318 seats, Labour 262
PM confirms five top cabinet posts, including chancellor and foreign secretary
Tories to form government with DUP to 'provide certainty' and keep country 'safe'
Theresa May's government 'will carry on Brexit negotiations to existing timetable'
Jeremy Corbyn hails Labour's 'incredible result' and calls for May to resign
The Lib Dems' Tim Farron also calls on May to quit
SNP will work with others to keep 'reckless' Tories out 'if at all possible'
Paul Nuttall resigns as UKIP leader after the party won no seats
Maldon: Conservative holdpublished at 03:57 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Telegraph late edition: May's poll nightmarepublished at 03:57 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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End of X postDaily Mail late edition: Gamble that backfiredpublished at 03:55 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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End of X postMay 'won't survive' if no overall majority - Salmondpublished at 03:54 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Election 2017
If the Conservatives do not win a majority, Theresa May will not be prime minister by the end of the next 48 hours, former SNP leader Alex Salmond says.
"She couldn't possibly survive having called an election unnecessarily to win a big majority, fail to do so and then continue as prime minister," he says.
"Boris Johnson is already on manoevres - doesn't surprise me - give the glaring deficiencies of Theresa May that have been exposed in the general election campaign."
He adds: "It's very, very clear who has lost the election and she should face the consequences."
He says the SNP will use a position of "substantial influence".
The vanishing deposits...published at 03:52 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Press Association journalist tweets...
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End of X postCleethorpes: Conservative holdpublished at 03:51 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Norwich North: Conservative holdpublished at 03:51 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Rudd seat undergoing recountpublished at 03:51 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Full recount under way in Hastings - the seat previously held by Home Secretary Amber Rudd.
Tories gain from UKIPpublished at 03:49 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Professor John Curtice
Polling expertThe Conservative Party win in Boston and Skegness - where Paul Nuttall tried and failed to get elected - illustrates the way in which the Tories have done better in places where there was a large UKIP vote.
He says there was a 6% swing to the Conservatives in the wake of a 26% drop in the UKIP vote.
FT front page: May's gamble backfirespublished at 03:48 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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End of X post'No rush on who to blame for losses'published at 03:48 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Former Cardiff North Conservative MP Craig Williams says there is no rush on who to blame for losing his seat to Labour.
Labour has also taken back Gower and Vale of Clwyd from the Tories in a strong general election night for the party in Wales.
Media caption, No rush on who to blame for loss says Craig Williams
Tories lose Canterbury after 99 yearspublished at 03:46 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Sir Julian Brazier loses his Canterbury seat to Labour after 30 years in the job. Read more.
Ed Davey retakes Kingston and Surbitonpublished at 03:45 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
BreakingLib Dem former energy secretary Ed Davey snatches back the suburban London seat from the Conservatives
Bristol North West: Labour gain from Conservativepublished at 03:45 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Kenilworth & Southam: Conservative holdpublished at 03:45 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Durham North West: Labour holdpublished at 03:45 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Former SNP leader says PM won't stay longpublished at 03:45 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
BBC political editor tweets...
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End of X postSterling steady as results unfoldpublished at 03:44 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Chris Johnston
Business reporter, BBC News
Image source, Getty ImagesSterling has not moved a great deal in the past couple of hours, and is trading down 1.5% at $1.2760.
Gareth Berry, at Macquarie Bank in Singapore, says: "It's very hard to see Jeremy Corbyn as PM based on the arithmetic so far. Tories are very likely to form the backbone of the next government. If Ulster unionists hold the balance of power, there will be no Brexit dilution at all.
"Even in the unlikely case Corbyn becomes PM, questions about fiscal restraint under Labour (and economic policy more generally) may end up hurting sterling anyway regardless of Labour's generally pro-EU stance."
Could Boris Johnson be Conservative leader?published at 03:43 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Election 2017The BBC's Nick Robinson ponders whether the Conservatives will take the view that Theresa May "has gambled and lost big time and punish her for it".
He says if the Tories were looking for a charismatic figure they would turn to Boris Johnson, but if they were looking for someone serious to deal with Brexit, that would not be him.
Corbyn: 'Very proud of our results'published at 03:41 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, speaking after being re-elected in Islington North, said it was time for Theresa May to go and "make way" for a government that would be "truly representative of the people of this country". He said he was "very proud" of the results so far, which he said were a "vote for hope for the future" and said people were "turning their backs on austerity".