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00:00British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak casts his ballot as a historic general election gets
00:05underway.
00:07His Conservative party is seeking another term in office after securing a landslide
00:12in 2019.
00:14Voters across 650 constituencies in the UK will be choosing a Member of Parliament.
00:20It's reflected in the number of seats in the House of Commons.
00:24326 are needed to secure a majority.
00:27And the first-past-the-post system means each candidate that comes out on top in each constituency
00:32wins.
00:34Britain's opposition Labour Party, meanwhile, led by Sir Keir Starmer, are hoping to make
00:38significant gains nationally after 14 years of Conservative rule.
00:43Out on the streets of the British capital, enthusiastic voters say they're hopeful for
00:47change.
00:48I think it's healthy to change governments and regardless of your political persuasion,
00:53the fact that a new government will have had a chance to think in opposition about
00:57what they want to do and not have had the pressures of all of the day-to-day of government,
01:02I think is positive in that respect.
01:05I'm feeling excited.
01:07I feel like it can only get better, right?
01:11The six-week election campaign saw a late entrant when the right-wing anti-immigration
01:16reform party led by Nigel Farage joined the race.
01:21Polls across the UK are set to close at 10pm local time and that's when the counting is
01:26due to begin.
01:27The results of the election are expected to be out early Friday.