Polling places are open until 10 p.m. for the battle in 650 parliamentary constituencies in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
In the UK, there are about 40,000 polling places and 46 million eligible voters.
Voter ID is now mandatory for the first general election following the introduction of new regulations in 2023.
You can use any of the 22 available forms of identification, such as a passport or driver’s license.
Many voters will cast ballots in new or different constituencies than in the previous general election due to boundary modifications.
A party needs 326 seats when all votes are tallied after the polls finish.
In the UK, elections are typically conducted every four to five years. The prime minister decided to go to the polls early, yet the battle could not have been held until January 2025.
Though the election in December 2019 marked the first election to be held in the winter in over a century, elections have normally been held around May.
