LONDON: Britons voted on Thursday in a knife-edge general election that could put their country's membership of the European Union in question and raise the likelihood of independence for Scotland.
Voters were casting ballots in a choice between a government led by Prime Minister David Cameron's centre-right Conservatives or by Ed Miliband's centre-left Labour in the closest vote in decades.
Capturing the tense mood, The Times carried a front page with the words "Judgement Day" emblazoned over a picture of the sun setting behind Big Ben, calling it the "most important election for a generation".
While the leaders of both main parties insist they can win a clear majority in the 650-seat House of Commons, they will almost certainly have to work with smaller parties to form a government.
Who will team up with whom is the big question.
The last three polls released on Wednesday showed a dead heat between the two main parties, tied at 34 percent, 35 percent and 31.4 percent.
"It's been quite an exciting one," Josh Cook, an advertising agency worker, told AFP as he cast his vote in north London.
"We don't really know what's going to happen," he said, adding: "It's more important than ever to get out to vote."
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