The UK exit polling was very good

Exit poll for BBC, Sky and ITV News predicts a hung parliament with the Conservatives the largest party. The poll puts the Conservatives on 307 seats, Labour on 255, the Liberal Democrats on 59 and others on 29.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/liveevent


After the count of the votes has been finished (649 of 650), the Conservatives have 306 seats, and Labour have 258 seats, while the Liberal Democrats have 57 seats. This means that we have a hung Parliament and only a political alliance would allow David Cameron’s party to form a government.

The results will be made out of 649 seats instead of 650. John Boakes, the UKIP candidate in Thirsk and Malton has passed away, therefore there will be no voting there today. The voters in Thirsk and Malton will vote on May 27th instead.

Source: http://www.providingnews.com/uk-election-2010-final-results-conservatives-win-hung-parliament.html#ixzz0nGX3OwuE

... outside of tight races against Republicans in Ohio and Florida.

This is often what people try to achieve in Britain - it hobbles the pols so they can do less harm; having to keep their coalition in place to maintain power keeps them from doing anything too drastic.