UK General Elections: See how newspapers reacted to exit polls

UK General Elections: Exit polls predicted a hung Assembly with no clear winner; the Theresa May's Conservatives posed to secure 314 seats in the 650-member Parliament and Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party 266.

UK General Elections, Exit Polls, Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn

UK General Elections: Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to vote in the general election at polling station in Maidenhead, England, Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

A day after voting in the General Elections, Britain woke up to the prediction of Prime Minister Theresa May’s impending defeat splashed across newspapers and tabloids. Exit polls predicted a hung Assembly with no clear winner even as the Conservatives are expected to secure 314 seats in the 650-member Parliament and the Labour Party 266. May called for snap polls last month in a bid to secure more seats in the House ahead of hectic Brexit negotiations, due to begin on June 19.

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See how newspapers reacted to the exit polls:

Tomorrow’s front page: Theresa May’s big gamble fails #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/ntMEjyrpeA pic.twitter.com/pns17mvvpo

— The Times of London (@thetimes) 8 June 2017

THE HERALD: May’s gamble fails #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/kHsul3uY8q

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) 8 June 2017

Guardian front page, 10.30pm edition: Exit poll shock for May pic.twitter.com/SN6Q5utBYD

— The Guardian (@guardian) 8 June 2017

Thursday’s MAIL
“Let’s reignite British spirit”#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers
(via @hendopolis)pic.twitter.com/Co6T3HzDnn

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 7, 2017

Tomorrow’s front page: Hanging by a thread #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/BkQIIbA3Ax #Election2017 pic.twitter.com/Kgzwa3yVZa

— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) 8 June 2017

First edition front page: Mayhem pic.twitter.com/TJrCOxwAjM

— Sun Politics (@SunPolitics) 8 June 2017

How the newspapers reacted to the shock exit poll #ElectionDay2017 https://t.co/sf9Ev1DTcO pic.twitter.com/BXr7ogANvj

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) 8 June 2017

Tomorrow’s @Independent first edition front page. To subscribe https://t.co/I50tTGPcwH #tomorrowspaperstoday #electionday2017 pic.twitter.com/BthTIECx1k

— The Independent (@Independent) June 8, 2017

FT SECOND EDITION: May gamble on election set to backfire, according to exit polls #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/4Dya6tjfhj

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) 8 June 2017

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