Scottish party has "historic success" in British election

Scottish party has "historic success" in British election

The electoral success of the Scottish nationalists was largely achieved at the expense of the Labour Party, which has for decades had strong support in Scotland.

According to Sturgeon, "Labour had been losing the trust of the people of Scotland over a period years."

"What we're seeing tonight is Scotland voting to put its trust in the SNP to make Scotland's voice heard, a clear voice for an end to austerity, better public services and more progressive politics at Westminster. That's what we now intend to do," the BBC quoted the SNP leader as saying.

According to preliminary results on Friday morning, the SNP, which advocates Scotland's independence from Britain, has won 55 seats in the lower house of the British parliament where it previously had six deputies.

According to the data from 568 out of 650 constituencies, the Conservative Party is leading with 269 seats, while the Labour Party has 214.

The Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland each have secured eight seats, while UKIP has one.

Tory leader David Cameron will likely remain the prime minister.

This means that in the next two years Britain should hold a referendum on the country's membership in the EU - as promised by Cameron during his election campaign.