The final results appear to give the Conservatives a near majority of 307 seats in Parliament to 255 for Labour, and 49 for Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives thus fall 16 seats short of an outright majority. Gordon Brown is already talking of a majority coalition with the Lib-Dems. However, minor parties, such as the Scottish Independence Party constitute another 26 seats.

The BBC (via Memeo) describes the elections as "Tories just short of a majority."

Meanwhile, the unofficial leader of the Conservative Party's libertarian wing, London Mayor Boris Johnson was quoted in the Financial Times:

Boris Johnson, Tory mayor of London, said: `I think we’ll have a strong Conservative victory tonight. The public are in the mood for change.”