Achi news desk-
London (Newsdesk) British Prime Minister (PM) Rishi Singh on Wednesday surprised many people by announcing early general elections for the United Kingdom (UK) on July 4. Standing against. The left-leaning Labor Party is currently leading the polls and Keir Starmer is aiming to take power after 14 years of Conservative-led government.
Cink’s surprise announcement came after speculation rose due to positive economic signs and an emergency cabinet meeting Britain’s parliament will finish unfinished legislation by Friday before the election. Then, on May 30, it will be formally dissolved. A five-week campaign period will then begin, during which all current Members of the British Parliament (MPs) will become candidates.
The British government will enter a period before an election and will limit its activities until a new government is formed The electoral system in the UK works on a simple principle: the candidate with the most of votes in a constituency wins the election, regardless of whether it gets an absolute majority (ie more than 50 per cent of the total votes).
This means that even if a candidate receives only a plurality of votes (the most votes among all the candidates), UK general elections will cover 650 constituencies across the country Citizens aged 18 or over are eligible to vote in all constituencies.
Registered voters can choose a candidate by physically going to a polling station or casting their vote by post. The candidate with the most votes in each constituency wins a seat in the British Parliament. If a political party manages to secure a majority of at least 326 seats, it forms the government and its leader takes on the role of prime minister.
In the December 2019 election, Boris Johnson led the Conservatives to victory, with his campaign heavily focused on “seeing Brexit through to its logical conclusion”. Brexit denotes the choice of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (EU) following a referendum in 2016.
Since then Johnson’s government has been holding intensive discussions to define the terms of its future relationship with the EU. The UK will officially leave the EU on 31 January 2020. Johnson’s leadership has been plagued by problems, leading to his resignation in 2022.
Meanwhile, Keir Starmer’s Labor Party has continued to lead in the opinion polls, mainly due to economic difficulties and internal turmoil within the Conservative Party However, Starmer faces a significant challenge to securing a majority because he is calling for change significant in the support of an aging population with a strong right-wing bias There is a clear risk of deadlock in the British Parliament. In the absence of a clear majority, smaller parties will need to participate in negotiations to form a coalition and form a government.
