‘Looks like a big win’: Nigel Farage’s Brexit party sailing to victory in EU elections – exit polls
Published time: 26 May, 2019 22:40 Edited time: 26 May, 2019 23:23
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage leaves a polling station after voting in the European elections, in Biggin Hill, Britain, May 23, 2019. © REUTERS/Hannah McKa
The euroskeptic Brexit Party headed by former UKIP leader Nigel Farage is looking at a solid victory in the European elections, early exit polls show, placing it at about 30 percent, over 20 percent ahead of the Conservatives.
The Brexit Party appears to have scored big in the UK’s portion of the European Parliament elections, with early results and projections on Sunday night showing it ahead of the rest of the field.
Farage began celebrating as the first exit polls started coming in.
“It looks like it’s going to be a big win for the Brexit Party,” he told reporters.
With about 75 percent of the vote in, Brexit has some 32 percent, followed by pro-EU Liberal Democrats with 20, Labour with 14 and the Greens with 12. The Conservatives are taking a massive hit and are projected
to win only about nine percent.
Europe Elects @EuropeElects
UK (GB), 75% counted:
BREX-EFDD: 31.7%
LDEM-ALDE: 20.5%
LAB-S&D: 13.6%
GREENS-G/EFA: 12.1%
CON-ECR: 9.2%
SNP/PC-G/EFA: 4.6%
ChUK-ALDE/EPP: 3.5%
UKIP-ENF: 3.3%#EP2019 #Brexit
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The Brexit Party’s triumph is not coming out of the blue. Ahead of the vote, numerous polls predicted that Farage’s new political venture would pass its first election test with flying colors with an estimated double-digit lead over the Conservative Party, which is days away from losing their leader on June 7, when Theresa May's resignation comes into force.
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