With Britain ready to go to the polls tomorrow, it is vital you vote and have your say in what is probably the most important General Election for a generation.

After seven weeks of breathless campaigning, Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are currently tearing across the country in an attempt to swing any voters still on the fence.

By Friday morning, we will know who the next leader of this country shall be.

But first, we have answered some crucial questions which you may not know the answers to.

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When is the election?

Polling stations across the country open at 7am tomorrow (Thursday) and close at 10pm.

Where is my nearest polling station?

If you’ve registered to vote, you should already have been delivered a polling card through your front door. This will tell you where your nearest polling station is.

You can find your nearest polling station by visiting www.yourvotematters.co.uk and entering your postcode.

If you haven’t received your polling card yet, don’t panic – you don’t need it to cast your ballot.

How can I follow the election as it unfolds?

Once the polls have closed at 10pm, results from constituencies all over the country will begin to trickle in gradually.

Predictions usually start appearing shortly after the polls close, although we know from recent elections that exit polls can be way off the mark.

The Watford Observer and its sister publications will be running live blogs throughout the night to keep you updated on the results in our local constituencies.

Election programmes on the major news channels – BBC, ITV and Sky News – will broadcast live updates and reaction from around the country as the results come in.

When will the final result be announced?

Declarations at most constituencies come in at around 2am, although in some places they can come much earlier.

The safe Labour seat of Houghton and Sunderland South has been the first to declare at each of the last five elections, and had declared its result before 11pm at the last General Election in 2015.

How do we decide an overall winner?

There are 650 constituencies in the UK so a single party needs a majority of 326 seats – more than half of those available - to form a government.

If no party wins 326 seats outright then the result is a hung parliament, which means two or more parties can unite to form a coalition government if they have a majority between them.

Alternatively the party which wins the most number of seats but doesn’t secure a majority may choose to form a minority government.