The Conservative leader campaigned relentlessly on a promise to "Get Brexit Done", by finally taking Britain out of the European Union next month.
The Conservatives were forecast to win a thumping 368 out of 650 seats in parliament.
Thursday's snap general election has been called in a bid to break the Brexit deadlock.
Johnson is hoping to regain the Conservative majority lost by his predecessor Theresa May in the last election.
The British prime minister has not been seen publicly with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds in over a month.
The state-run National Health Service (NHS) provides free taxpayer-funded treatment for all, which is often criticised but fiercely defended.
More than 1,200 food banks handed out a record 823,145 emergency parcels.
The stunning result was a humiliating rebuke to Beijing and dashed any lingering hopes of Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam.
A senior police chief has warned new law backed by Theresa May is completely unnecessary at this time.
The voting age in Wales is set to be lowered to let teenagers aged 16 and over take part in democratic decisions including local council elections.
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Elections in at least 18 countries over the past 12 months have been influenced by carefully planned "manipulation and disinformation tactics", research suggests.
Ukip source spoke to IBTimes UK after the party's poor performance at the local elections.
Jeremy Corbyn says party faces challenge on historic scale after disappointing results.
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Polls have narrowed in recent weeks but Merkel's CDU still maintain an edge.
Elections in France, Germany, The Netherlands and Italy pose a serious threat to the European Union.
President-elect Adama Barrow has promised political prisoners will be freed.
The anti-establishment activists failed to oust the incumbents.
With all parties supportive of Putin, the elections are not expected to change much.
Avery Ng threw food at CY Leung to show how elderly people in the former colony are going hungry.
Thailand's PM Prayuth Chan-ocha says they will be a general election in 2017.