How many seats are the Conservatives likely to win?
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Your support makes all the difference.How many seats will the Conservatives win?
The latest polls indicate that the Tories are most likely to win anything between 271 and 285 seats in the next Parliament.
This would potentially leave them up to 55 seats short of an overall majority.
How well the Conservatives perform will mostly depend on the outcome in Labour-Tory marginal constituencies and constituencies where Labour and Tory are fighting for Lib Dems seats.
UKIP that used to be seen as a threat to the Conservatives in the south of England will unlikely to make any significant changes to the number of the Conservative seats. But constituencies, such as Norwich North, where the Tories are about to lose their seat to a Labour candidate, might make history at this election. Some expect David Cameron to declare victory on Friday even without a coalition deal and to say that only the Conservatives are legitimate to form the government. But Labour, the SNP, Plaid Cymru, the Green Party and the SDPL said they would vote down a Conservative government.ys of the election campaign, some called on the voters to cast a tactical vote for the Lib Dems to keep the coalition in place, while The Times advised its readers to vote for Mr Clegg in Sheffield Hallam.
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