4,149 - The total number of candidates battling it out for seats in parliament.
315 - The number of independent candidates.
650 - The number of seats in the Commons.
632 - The number of constituencies in mainland Britain.
50,000 - Polling stations open from 7am to 10pm.
150,000 - Staff running them.
One - constituency (Buckingham) where all the main parties are standing aside for Speaker John Bercow.
44,000,000 – The number of people eligible to vote.
325 – Number any single party need to have a working majority.
50,000 - Council workers counting votes
627 - Westminster constituencies that start counting overnight
4 - Hours within which returning officers must begin counting after polls close
164 - Council polls in England, including those for 32 London boroughs, 36 metropolitan authorities and 20 unitaries
15,785 - Candidates in the running at local level
4,222 - Council seats up for grabs, with five already returned unopposed
4 - Mayoral elections
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