David Cameron has won a second term as UK Prime Minister after an unexpectedly convincing general election victory.
His Conservative Party has secured a parliamentary majority after polls had suggested the vote would lead to a second hung parliament in a row, and another coalition government.
Olly Barratt reports from London.
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David Cameron spoke on the steps outside Downing Street after an audience with the Queen during which he was invited to form a government.
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His slim majority in the house of commons was not predicted by pollsters who thought labour leader ed miliband could become prime minister, leading a left-of-centre coalition.
Paul Osbourne is a political analyst.
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Instead labour performed disastrously, leading to its leader ed miliband to quit.
Although he insists he won't be giving up politics just yet.
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The Conservatives' former coalition partners the liberal democrats hemoarraged MPs and their leader nick clegg also quit, as did nigel farage of right-wing UKIP after he couldn't secure himself a seat in the commons.
And it was an election that saw a series of high-profile MPs unceremoniously dumped from their seats by their constituents.
Among them, business secretary Vince Cable - one of the lib dems' former top coalition ministers.
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The Scottish Nationalists the SNP though routed everyone else in scotland and rill return over 50 MPs to westminster.
Alex Salmond will be among them.
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david cameron's second premiership looks set to be dominated by europe though - with him promising a referendum on britain's EU membership by 2017.
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His majority is small - but it's a major achievement for a man with many doubters within his own party.
Now he has delivered a Conservative - solo government at westminster - he'll want to rely on their support as he works on a new legislative programme.
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