General Election 2015: The story of the night

Don't worry if you couldn't make it through the night - here's the story of the 2015 General Election including all the key details you need to know...

The exit poll signalled bad news for Labour and the Liberal Democrats... https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/596420588564041731 But Paddy Ashdown remained defiant on BBC News... https://twitter.com/paddys_hat/status/596424575497445377 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... https://twitter.com/selectabet/status/596440103867777025 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 https://twitter.com/montie/status/596527819779354624 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... https://twitter.com/Trushar/status/596517053349142528