General election 2010: Election night ... and the morning after

Ongoing election results are projected onto the Houses of Parliament
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The media begins to congregate on Abingdon Green, by the Houses of Parliament
Photograph: Martin Godwin for The Guardian

The results of the Blackburn count are read out in front of counted votes at King George's Hall. Labour's Jack Straw (pictured right) won the seat
Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

A woman sleeps at the count for the Sheffield Hallam constituency
Photograph: Dan Chung for The Guardian

Rahman Mohibar, the Liberal Democrat council candidate for Whitechapel, east London, rests during the count
Photograph: Sean Dempsey/PA

Nick Clegg awaits the results at the Ponds Forge sports centre, Sheffield
Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA

Gordon Brown is surrounded by journalists as he holds a meeting on the plane taking him from Scotland to London
Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

Brown and his wife, Sarah, disembark at Stansted airport as he returns to Labour party headquarters
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Brown is greeted by the business secretary, Peter Mandelson, the Labour deputy leader, Harriet Harman, and the Labour general secretary, Ray Collins
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Clegg makes a statement outside the Liberal Democrat headquarters
Photograph: Jonathan Hordle/Rex Features

Clegg leaves the party headquarters
Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

David Cameron arrives at St Stephen's Club, in central London, to give a press conference
Photograph: Jeremy Selwyn/PA

Conservative supporters greet Cameron at St Stephen's Club
Photograph: Ian Nicholson/PA

Television journalists prepare to give their reports outside No 10 Downing Street
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Brown makes a statement in front of No 10
Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

Brown walks back into No 10 after delivering his statement
Photograph: Sang Tan/AP