British prime minister David Cameron has been returned to 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the prime minister, after Conservative Party won the 323 seats needed to command a parliamentary majority.
The BBC had earlier predicted that the party would secure 331 seats in the house of commons.
In his acceptance speech, Cameron, who has had an audience with the Queen, said he would focus more on unity of the UK in his new term in office.
“My aim remains simple – to govern on the basis of governing for everyone in our United Kingdom,” he said.
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“I want to bring our country together, our United Kingdom together, not least by implementing as fast as we can the devolution that we rightly promised and came together with other parties to agree both for Wales and for Scotland.
“In short, I want my party, and I hope a government I would like to lead, to reclaim a mantle that we should never have lost – the mantle of One Nation, One United Kingdom. That is how I will govern if I am fortunate enough to form a government in the coming days.”
Meanwhile Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour Party, have both stepped down as a result of the poor outing of their parties in the election.
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