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General election July 2024: What happens next?

The prime minister has called an election for Thursday 4 July 2024.

On 22 May 2024, Rishi Sunak announced he had requested permission from the King to dissolve parliament and called a general election to be held on 4 July. Parliament was prorogued on 24 May and will be dissolved on 30 May with the vote taking place 25 working days later. This process was carried out in accordance with the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act, which in 2022 replaced the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.

The prime minister had the flexibility to call the general election at a time of his choosing, up until 17 December 2024 – which is five years after parliament first met after the last general election.

What happens on polling day?
Voting can be done in person at polling stations on 4 July, or before this by post. Polling stations open at 7am and close at 10pm. For people voting in person photographic ID will, for the first time in a general election, be required. (Photographic ID was required for local elections in 2023 and 2024.)

Once voting closes at 10pm, an exit poll is announced. This is a survey of in-person voters taken at a sample of around 150 constituencies in England, Scotland and Wales. Exit polls have taken place in various forms since 1974, and have correctly predicted the largest party on every occasion.

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