{"id":728,"date":"2010-05-07T17:00:23","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=728"},"modified":"2017-01-19T16:27:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T16:27:05","slug":"british-general-election-results-2010-hanging-matter-for-whom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"British General Election Results 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Decision day is gone &#8211; and no decision on the future administration yet. The British General Election will be keeping us (and the politicians) busy for a while, so there is plenty of time for an analysis of the election results. This map shows the winning parties in all constituencies (the results from Thirsk &amp; Malton where added on May, 27) mapped on the gridded population cartogram of Great Britain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/UK_election2010.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-468\" title=\"Winners of the British General Election 2010 mapped on a gridded population cartogram\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/UK_election2010.jpg\" alt=\"Winners of the British General Election 2010 mapped on a gridded population cartogram\" width=\"500\" \/>(click map for larger view)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Technical notes: This cartogram reflects the real population distribution in Great Britain and  thus the total number of people living in an area. Each grid cell thus  represents the same physical area, but is resized according to the  number of people living in this area. We used the British National Grid as a reference projection. More gridded cartograms and further information on the techniques that we used to create these maps can be found on the worldmapper website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldpopulationatlas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.worldpopulationatlas.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The content on this page has been created by Benjamin Hennig. Please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?page_id=631\" target=\"_blank\">contact me<\/a> for further details on the terms of use.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decision day is gone &#8211; and no decision on the future administration yet. 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