Polls close in Clacton byelection as Nigel Farage battles Count Binface to retain his seat
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Counting has begun in an English snap byelection in Clacton-on-sea, Essex, where Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is seeking to retain his seat. Farage arrived to cast his vote at a makeshift polling station located in a primary school in Walton-on-the-Naze.
The contest features a record 34 candidates standing for the seat. Notably, Farage faces a head-to-head battle against joke candidate Count Binface.
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Free Malaysia Today (MY)Highlights the political spectrum clash between hard-right Farage and a joke candidate
TheJournal.ie (Dublin, Ireland) (IE)Focuses on the procedural milestone of polls closing and the unusually large field of candidates
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