The Euro Election Day Megathread

[Mark]

UKIP gaining a seat in Scotland is fantastic news, thankfully SNP didn't get the extra seat.

[Kardan]

Whilst I'm sure UKIP aren't too bothered (since they came out on top) - haven't both UKIP and Labour done a lot worse than the polls suggested? I remember seeing percentages of above 30% for both of them, but they're not too far from the percentage that the Conservatives managed.

[Chippiewill]

Most of those polls came from a small selection of polling companies. When you look at the full picture of polls then the recent results are around expectations.

[Kardan]

Most of those polls came from a small selection of polling companies. When you look at the full picture of polls then the recent results are around expectations.

Ah, most of the polls Undertaker posted must be from that small selection then

[-:Undertaker:-]

I was very happy with the results last night, topping nearly all of the English regions (apart from the North West and some other places where we came very close) as well as nearly topping the Labour stronghold of Wales and as Mark has said, dealing a blow to Alex Salmond by gaining our first Scotland MEP. A seat in Northern Ireland was unrealistic, but at least we picked up some councillors there on Thurday meaning Ukip now has representation across the United Kingdom.

All eyes now turn to the Newark by-election and the General Election in 2015.

Ah, most of the polls Undertaker posted must be from that small selection then

I posted all of the polls throughout the campaign, all of which are listed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea...ingdom%29#2014 - the reason why the polls dropped from the 30%+ mark is that elections usually narrow towards the last few days anyway (which is reflected in the YouGov, Survation, Comres polling) and that is exactly what happened. There's also other small caveats, such as 'An Independence from Europe' creaming 1% or 2% off the Ukip total but pretty accurate non the less. The only real change in the outcome was that Labour performed poorer than expected and the Tories did better than expected.