Reform Party leader Nigel Farage poses in a boxing ring on July 3, 2024 in Clacton-on-Sea, England.
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One of the biggest surprises so far on UK election night has been the progress of the right-wing Reform Party, which is expected to win many parliamentary seats and perform strongly in early election results.
Exit polls suggest the populist party led by Brexiteer Nigel Farage will win 13 seats in the British parliament, an unexpectedly large number given that the party failed to gain any seats in the 2019 general election.
Early results also showed strong gains. As of 1am London time, six constituencies had been called, including Reform comes second Received 23.8% of the votes.
in a video In a post titled: “The revolt against the establishment is underway” on X, Farage said what his party had achieved so far was “almost unbelievable”.
“What does that mean? It means we’re going to win seats, lots and lots of seats,” he said. “The mainstream media is in denial as are our political parties. This is going to be over 6 million votes. This vote is huge.”
The Reform Brexit Party, which takes a hard line on immigration, grew out of the Brexit Party. The latter was founded by Nigel Farage and is dedicated to calling for “No deal Brexit” Between 2016 and 2021; after the Brexit process was completed, it campaigned against issues such as the COVID-19 lockdown.
Farage served in the EU Parliament but repeatedly failed to win a seat in the British legislative body. He resigned as party leader in March 2021. During Trump’s US presidential campaign, he reversed course in June and said he would remain leader of the UK Reform Party.
Many analysts believe the return of the high-profile figure will boost the party but harm the Conservatives.
David Bull, co-deputy leader of the Reform Party, told the BBC overnight that pollsters were underestimating support for the party in the same way they underestimated the number of people who voted to leave the EU.
“I think what you’re actually seeing is shy reformers coming out in droves. We saw that with Brexit, didn’t we, we were shy Brexiteers, so the pollsters were caught off guard , they were once again caught off guard. “If it’s true and we won 13 seats, that’s amazing. “
“Shy” voters are people who do not reveal in polls which way they will ultimately vote.
Exit polls suggested Farage would win a seat in parliament at this election after seven previous failed attempts.
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