How many seats did Ukip win?

UKIP gained the third highest number of votes, after Labour

Ukip leader Nigel Farage leaves a polling station in Ramsgate, Kent, Britain (EPA)

Ukip won a significant percentage share of the vote in this year’s General Election (13 per cent), but has come away with one less MP than it had before.

As the final results rolled in, and following the Ukip party leader’s failure to win South Thanet, Nigel Farage resigned as party leader.

Despite gaining 13 per cent of the vote overall, putting them in third place behind Labour, the UK's First-past-the-post voting system meant that the party could only secure one seat.

Mr Farage has said that the the results proved there needed to be a change to the voting system.

“Personally, I think the first-past-the-post system is bankrupt,” he said.

“It is bankrupt because one party can get 50% of the vote in Scotland and nearly 100% of the seats, and our party can get 4 million votes and just one seat.”

Doulgas Carswell retains his seat – after winning it following a by-election in his Clacton constituency last August.

The party managed to get second place in at least 90 constituencies across the country, coming close to a win in seats including Boston & Skegness and Heywood & Middleton.

Many of its advances were made in Labour-held seats.

The performance will be reviewed by the next leader, who will be elected in September.

According to Farage: “There will be a leadership election for the next leader of UKIP in September and I will consider over the course of this summer whether to put my name forward to do that job again.”