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Management UKIP met today to consider the resignation of Nigel Farage from the post of chairman of the party. Leader – as previously announced – after the election defeat, resigned, not excluding that in the future will again run for the position of chairman. The Board rejected his resignation, so Farage will continue to lead the party.

According to the BBC, UKIP executive committee declared that party members do not want to leave chairman, and therefore Farage persuaded to withdraw his resignation. Steve Crowther, a member of the board of the party, said that in his opinion the election campaign itself was a “great success” and that “in these circumstances” result, which reached UKIP was a “great achievement”.

Defeated by JOW-y

Farage lost in the English county of South Thanet Conservative Party candidate Craig Mackinlay. In Thursday’s vote, former head of UKIP received 16 026 votes, and Mackinlay – 18 848. Farage, also in 2005. Lost in the same district. In all elections, UKIP received nearly 3.8 million votes, but the candidate occupied the second or third place in several districts.

Although the scale of the country UKIP had a lot of support and got nearly 4 million votes, it won only one seat in the House of Commons. The reason was the electoral law and the one-seat constituencies: in many of them representatives of the UKIP narrowly losing to competitors, placing second or third place. – It is time to carry out “true political reforms,” ​​- he said on Friday Farage, criticizing the electoral law in force. In the opposite situation was a Scottish Party of Independence, which despite acquire nearly 1.4 million votes in the House of Commons will have up to 56 representatives.

After losing the election departure from the post of party leader declared three Nigel Farage, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg.

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