When is the General Election 2019 and when will we know the results?

Following three failed attempts by the Government to force an early election, Parliament last week voted in support of a December 12 general election.

This is despite attempts by Opposition parties to amend the date of the election to December 9 amid concerns that students could be disenfranchised due to not being at their term-time address over the holidays. Other amendments to the Bill, such as allowing 16-year-olds and EU citizens to vote, were not selected.

Why has Boris Johnson called a General Election?

The Prime Minister wants a general election because he feels a new Parliament is needed in order to break the political impasse over Brexit and hopes going to the polls will secure him a working majority. With Mr Johnson presenting himself as the politician who can “get Brexit done”, he hopes to be more popular with leave voters who see Labour and the Liberal Democrats as offering another delay to Brexit.

How will this General Election affect Brexit?

When Theresa May called a snap election in 2017 it cost her her majority and saw the Tories join forces with the DUP in a confidence-and-supply agreement.

Boris Johnson seems to be confident that by calling an election he can win back a Tory majority and successfully get his Brexit deal over the line due to the support he has around him.

What do the latest polls say?

The last few weeks have seen a gradual strengthening of the Conservatives' position in the polls while Labour's average rating has stayed flat and kept them a distant second place, just a few points ahead of the Liberal Democrats.

Still, Theresa May's Conservatives held a 10-point lead at the start of the 2017 election campaign which quickly evaporated as Jeremy Corbyn surged in the polls. You can stay up to date with the Telegraph's general election odds and poll tracker here.

When will we know the results?

On polling day voting centres will operate from 7am until 10pm. Votes are counted in two stages and typically end around 2am, with the winner announced shortly after, in the early hours of the morning.