Boris Johnson wins majority in UK's Brexit election

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday (December 13) won a parliamentary majority in the UK’s general elections, according to media reports here, a victory that will end the uncertainty over Brexit and will help him to take the UK out of the European Union by the end of next month.

Results showed the Boris-led Conservative won 326 of the 650 seats in the lower House of Commons, according to Sky News and BBC.

Johnson, 55, said the victory would give him a mandate to “get Brexit done” and take the UK out of the EU next month.

Earlier in the day, as exit polls predicted a victory of the Conservatives, Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party and Johnson’s opponent, resigned from his post.

Corbyn, according to BBC, said he had a “very disappointing night” and would not fight an election in the future.

According to BuzzFeed, Johnson in a private speech to his Conservative aides on Friday morning said his party had created an earthquake and needed to understand the consequences.

“We must understand now what an earthquake we have created. The way in which we have changed the political map in this country. We have to grapple with the consequences of that. We have to change our own party. We have to rise to the level of events. We have to rise to the challenge that the British people have given us,” he was quoted as saying.

(With inputs from agencies)