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2017 United Kingdom general election

general election held in United Kingdom
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Summary

2017 United Kingdom general election is an United Kingdom general election[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of united kingdom general election entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,941 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Instance of: snap election[4]
  • Follows: 2015 United Kingdom general election[5]
  • Followed by: 2019 United Kingdom general election[6]
  • Part of: 2017 United Kingdom elections[7]
  • Commons category: 2017 United Kingdom general election[8]
  • Office contested: Member of Parliament[9]
  • Point in time: June 8, 2017[10]
  • Candidate: Conservative Party[11], Labour Party[12], Scottish National Party[13], Liberal Democrats[14], Democratic Unionist Party[15], Sinn Féin[16], Plaid Cymru[17], Green Party of England and Wales[18], independent politician[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:2017 United Kingdom general election[20]
  • Successful candidate: Conservative Party[21], Labour Party[22], Scottish National Party[23], Liberal Democrats[24], Democratic Unionist Party[25], Sinn Féin[26], Plaid Cymru[27], Green Party of England and Wales[28], independent politician[29]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: United Kingdom[30]
  • Number of seats: 650[31]
  • Total valid votes: 32,204,184[32]
  • Eligible voters: 46,843,896[33]
  • Ballots cast: 32,181,757[34]
  • Hashtag: GE2017[35]
  • Number of abstentions: 14,662,139[36]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of the 2017 UK general election[37]
  • Voting system: first-past-the-post voting[38]

Why It Matters

2017 United Kingdom general election has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . UK Parliament Website. Retrieved . parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . researchbriefings.parliament.uk. Retrieved . researchbriefings.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . UK Parliament Website. Retrieved . parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . BBC News Online. Retrieved . bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Retrieved . commonslibrary.parliament.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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