Polling stations across London have shut their doors as the capital awaits the results in 74 key constituencies tonight.
Millions of voters around the city have cast their ballots today in what is one of the most historic elections the nation has seen.
Several knife-edge contests have played out in battleground London seats over an impassioned five week election campaign, with counts now getting under way in halls across all boroughs.
But Londoners ensured polling day was no less exciting. In key events across the capital on December 12:
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Jeremy Corbyn announced he would not lead Labour into the next election as he won Islington North, calling the overall picture "very disappointing" in his speech
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The Liberal Democrats' Sarah Olney defeated the Conservatives' Zac Goldsmith in the knife-edge seat of Richmond Park
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Defect Chuka Umunna's Liberal Democrat effort was crushed by the Conservatives in Cities of London and Westminster
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Former Tory leader Ian Duncan-Smith has held Chingford and Woodford Green for the Conservatives
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Emily Thornberry, shadow foreign secretary, held her Islington South & Finsbury constituency
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John McDonnell was heckled by a protester as he held Hayes and Harlington for Labour
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Boris Johnson won his seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip
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Labour's Fleur Anderson has gained Putney from the Conservatives, the seat of former Tory minister Justine Greening
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A Labour source at the Uxbridge and South Ruislip count thinks the party has reduced Boris Johnson's majority, but said of attempts to unseat him: "It's not looking good".
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The exit poll predicts the Liberal Democrats will win the target seat Richmond Park, but that Sam Gyimah will be denied Kensington to Labour
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The Cities of London & Westminster battleground seat is too close to call, according Labour and Lib Dem sources, with the exit poll also predicting a marginal result in Finchley & Golders Green
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In the Tory stronghold of Kensington, which Labour's Emma Dent Coad snatched in 2017 by the country's narrowest margin of 20 votes but was tipped to swing to defect Lib Dem candidate Sam Gyimah, the exit poll forecasts a Labour hold 97 per cent likely
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The Lib Dems are “quietly confident” Sarah Olney will retake Richmond Park from Conservative Zac Goldsmith, with a senior party source saying they "doubt there will be any recounts at all", unlike in 2017 when the Tory candidate won on 45 votes
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Islington Council leader Richard Watts said at the count he was "very confident" Jeremy Corbyn and shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry will hold their respective seats Islington North and Islington South & Finsbury
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Ballot boxes have begun to be unloaded in Uxbridge, Boris Johnson's seat, to a large crowd of students in their PJs, as a Brunel University student halls block was reportedly evacuated to a fire alarm
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Earlier Jeremy Corbyn’s hopes for a staged walk-in to an Islington polling station in front of the media were upset whena man in costume of Street character Elmo tried to greet him and was swiftly tackled by the Labour leader’s minders
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Boris Johnson had a secret weapon in hand as he arrived to cast his ballot in Uxbridge, in the form of his dog Dylan
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Massive queues were seen outside polling centres in a huge turnout, with voters lined around the block in Streatham, Putney, Chipping Barnet and Bermondsey & Old Southwark where people reported waiting for 20 minutes.
Kensington and Richmond Park were won by a combined 60 votes in 2017 and promise to prove exciting, while Labour defect Luciana Berger hopes to swing Finchley & Golders Green for the Liberal Democrats.
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The prime minister and Labour leader are also awaiting the results in Uxbridge & South Ruislip and Islington North.
The Evening Standard will be bringing you the latest as it happens all night on our live blog and across the website. You can also follow the results with our live election tracker and national map.
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