Daily Mail: Glimmer of hope for Tories: First REAL results contradict stunning joint-TV exit poll of 30,000 people suggesting the PM's election has backfired and Britain is on course for hung Parliament
* Exit poll suggest Prime Minister Theresa May has lost seats in the election in a stunning reversal of her hopes
* Britain appears to be on course for a hung parliament with results due to flow in steadily over the night
* Mrs May remains as PM and would have the first crack at forming a government as Tories still largest party
* But the poll suggests a small change could leave Jeremy Corbyn in No 10 with help from SNP and Lib Dems
* The first actual results from the ballot are expected to be declared in the north east from around 11pm
* The Conservatives could drop from 330 seats in House of Commons to 314 with Labour up from 232 to 266
Theresa May was handed a lifeline by early election results today as they cast doubt on a stunning exit poll that predicted a hung parliament.
The forecast suggested a catastrophic loss of seats for the Conservatives that would leave Mrs May teetering on the brink of being booted out of power. The Tories were said to be on track to lose 16 seats, leaving them on 314 seats and well short of a majority, while Labour was up from 232 to 266.
But when the real results started to flow in they sparked the extraordinary sight of two polling experts saying that the Tories could defy the forecasts and end up with a majority of up to 100.
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