British Prime Minister Theresa May's gamble in calling an early election appeared Friday to have backfired spectacularly, after an exit poll suggested her Conservative Party could lose its majority in Parliament.
"What the country needs now more than ever is certainty".
Cameron, gambling that Britons wouldn't want to sever their network of ties with the continent, had promised the Brexit referendum during a 2015 election campaign that gave Conservatives a surprise Parliamentary majority.
In the new government, May plans to ally with the small Democratic Unionist Party, the BBC reports.
In the House of Commons, the Conservatives are predicted to be about 10 seats short of an overall majority.
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the opposition Labor Party which far surpassed expectations by gaining seats, has also said that he is "ready to serve" in the event that the Conservatives can not form a government.
"I don't see how she can be a strong and credible figure now to lead these negotiations", he said.
She said that while the full results had yet to emerge, her party seemed to have won the most seats and "it would be incumbent on us to ensure we have that period of stability".
Before the election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) threatened to hold a second independence vote because it did not want Scotland to leave the European Union through Brexit.
Mr Corbyn earlier said: "If there is a message from tonight's results, it's this: the prime minister called this election because she wanted a mandate".
The Conservative confidently asked the country for a "stronger mandate", calculating that her party's commanding lead in opinion polls would translate into a landslide victory, vindicating her Brexit strategy.
Prime Minister to try forming minority government
While May called for a snap election to form a "strong and stable" government, it seems the poll has produced a hung parliament . Theresa May is reported to be speaking with advisors on how to form a government.
"I would have thought that's enough to go, and make way for a government that will be truly representative of all of the people of this country", he added.
After meeting Queen Elizabeth II Friday, May said she meant to form a minority government to break the deadlock of a so-called "hung parliament" and give the country "certainty".
In the aftermath of one of the most sensational nights in British electoral history, politicians and commentators called May's decision to hold the election a colossal mistake and derided her performance on the campaign trail. I said at the start this election was wrong.
"So I can't see them holding together". With less room for manoeuvre, she may be forced to reject compromises proposed by Brussels and drive a harder bargain.
In Scotland, the Scottish National Party suffered reverses from its spectacular achievement in 2015, losing its Westminster leader Angus Robertson and former leader Alex Salmond. He also said Labour would not do a coalition deal with any other party.
May, who's slated to meet with Queen Elizabeth Friday to form a new government, insisted she'd stay in her job despite calls for to resign after taking the job 11 months ago.
Professor John Curtice of Strathclyde University said the movement of those in favour of staying in the European Union and young voters towards Labour "explains why the Conservatives have lost their overall majority".
The Conservatives are projected to win 42% of the vote, Labour 40%, the Lib Dems 7%, UKIP 2% and the Greens 2%. The forecast said, "Our current prediction is that there will be a majority for the Conservatives, who will have 371 seats".
May campaigned for a so-called hard Brexit in which the United Kingdom would quit the single market in return for reclaiming power over immigration, laws and money.
The Tories lost eight frontbenchers, with ministers Jane Ellison, Simon Kirby, Gavin Barwell, James Wharton, Nicola Blackwood, Rob Wilson and Edward Timpson going, along with Cabinet Office minister Ben Gummer, the author of the widely criticised Tory manifesto. Home Secretary Amber Rudd clung on by 326 votes in Hastings and Rye.
The SNP were projected to win 34 seats and the Liberal Democrats may get 14, the exit poll showed.
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