Below are some of the key figures as UK voters head to the polls on Thursday in a general election that is set to see the ruling Conservatives ousted from power after 14 years.
650 seats
Number of seats up for grabs in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. A party needs to win 326 seats to have a majority in parliament.
4,515 candidates
The total number of candidates from 98 different political parties is a record. Of these, 459 are independents and 30% are women.
At least 29 joke candidates, including 22 running for the “Official Party of the Raving Crazy Monsters.”
The most common name among the candidates is David, with more than 100 candidates, according to the Electoral Reform Society.
The youngest candidates are Pedro Da Conceicao, 18, and Adam Wayne Joseph Gillman, and the oldest is John Hugh Morris, 86.
And a new national fault line has emerged that rivals the 52-48% Brexit vote split, according to Democracy Club, which analyses election data.
A 52-48% split was found between candidates in favour of chocolate-free biscuits versus chocolate-infused biscuits.
46 million voters
According to government data, there were more than 46 million registered voters in the UK as of December 2023.
This figure is likely to have increased as the election date, scheduled for May 22, approached.
For the first time this year, British citizens who have lived outside the country for more than 15 years will also be eligible to vote.
40,000 polling stations
There are about 40,000 polling stations across the country, according to Democracy Club.
Any space can be used as a voting center as long as it meets certain criteria, such as being accessible to people with disabilities.
Several pubs are used and this year's election also promises voting at a boat, a beehive centre, a cricket pitch and a fossil museum, among others.
15 conservative ministers under threat
At least 15 Conservative candidates who are ministers in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's cabinet are projected to lose their seats in the YouGov poll.
They include Finance Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt.
That means almost half of Sunak's cabinet members are up for re-election, with 27 ministers seeking re-election, not including Sunak himself.
£13 million in donations
In the first three weeks of the election campaign, from 30 May to 19 June, around £13m was donated to political parties, according to figures from the Electoral Commission.
The Conservatives received around £1.2m, while Labour received a whopping £8.4m.
Seven aquatic stunts
Ed Davey, leader of the smaller opposition party, the Liberal Democrats, has run in seven water-related election campaigns.
At Windermere, England's largest lake, he fell off a paddleboard into the water five times in 15 minutes.
Davey, who took part in an aqua aerobics class, slid down water slides and rode a water bike, is vowing to clean up Britain's polluted waterways.
12% confidence
Only 12% of Britons said they trusted political parties in a government survey last year, down from 20% in 2022.
At least 27% said they trusted the government, and less than a quarter trusted the House of Commons.
Nearly half said they had little or no confidence in their own ability to participate in politics.
Levels of public distrust can be used as an indicator of turnout on election day: lower trust in politicians often translates into lower turnout.
Voter turnout in the last elections in 2019 was 67.3%.
