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Published 09:18 8 May 2015 BST
Updated 09:20 8 May 2015 BST
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The first seat to be announced was Houghton and Sunderland South, giving Labour a narrow lead...
https://twitter.com/JackPittBrooke/status/596432190919057408
Although that joke soon grew old...
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All eyes turned to Nuneaton and Labour's bid to take a Tory constituency...
https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/596477479755317248
But things didn't exactly go to plan...
https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/596477627638120448
And Scotland weren't very happy with Labour either...
https://twitter.com/Peston/status/596421461017010176
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Despite Nicola Sturgeon's caution at the exit poll, there was huge success for the SNP, with 20-year-old student Mhairi Black becoming the youngest MP since 1667.
https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/596421140115005443
https://twitter.com/MetroUK/status/596508020340891649
Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy was another casualty on a terrible night for the party, losing his East Renfrewshire seat to the SNP...
https://twitter.com/iankatz1000/status/596499674091118592
While it was also punishing news for the Lib Dems, with Nick Clegg tipped to resign as party leader...
https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/596523889867497472
Elsewhere, Nigel Farage was on the brink of losing his Thanet South seat to the Conservatives, sarcastically thanking the editors at The Sun and the Daily Mail...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pc7Mqj1EGo
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon extended another olive branch to Ed Miliband in the middle of the night...
https://twitter.com/LadyCatHT/status/596490409527930880
But Labour had other pressing worries, with rumours that Ed Balls could be ousted in Leeds...
https://twitter.com/sportingintel/status/596442987401453569
Vince Cable was ditched for the Conservatives in Twickenham, blaming a 'fear campaign' for a dreadful night...
https://twitter.com/peterfranklin_/status/596463640359870464
While former Conservative Douglas Carswell won Ukip's first seat and George Galloway lost in Bradford...
https://twitter.com/helenpidd/status/596542163233722368
Ed Miliband held on to his seat in Doncaster, but that's about all he had going for him...
https://twitter.com/aljwhite/status/596531830230224896
And David Cameron was also re-elected in Witney, with the Conservatives forecast to come close to a majority...
https://twitter.com/David_Cameron/status/596548611984531456
And this is where things stood at 7am on Friday morning...
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