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Nick Clegg and David Cameron
New Prime Minister David Cameron says the UK's first coalition in decades marks a "historic and seismic shift" in British politics.

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ELECTION FEATURES, VIEWS AND ANALYSIS
Clockwise from left: Elvis impersonator Mark Wright, first PM debate, Gillian Duffy, plane crash that injured Nigel Farage
The dozen key moments that defined an unpredictable and memorable campaign
But now comes the difficult part - making it work
Key images as a fascinating election night unfolded
The life and times of the UK's new prime minister

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ELECTION FEATURES, VIEWS AND ANALYSIS
The party leaders' passions away from politics.
Nearly 2.5m more people voted in 2010 than in 2005
Our voting system - and how else it could be done

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Graphic showing 2010 election result: Con 307 seats (36.1% vote share); Liberal Democrats 57 (23%); Labour 258 (29.0%); 28 (11.9%)

Making it clear

What does that mean?

A look at the parties' key priorities

Results and video clips from elections past

Play with our election calculator and see how things might turn out

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