卡梅伦大获全胜连任英国首相

David Cameron, UK prime minister, is heading back to Downing Street after a dramatic election victory, with results pointing to an outright majority for his centre-right Conservative Party in parliament.

英国首相戴维•卡梅伦(David Cameron)在选举中以一场戏剧性的胜利，获得了重返唐宁街的资格。在这次大选中，他所在的中右翼保守党(Conservative Party)获得了议会多数席位。

But the country he leads faces unprecedented strain after a night of triumph for leftwing Scottish nationalists who won all but a handful of Scotland’s seats, becoming the third largest party in Westminster just eight months after losing an independence referendum.

不过，左翼的苏格兰民族主义者在当天晚上取得了压倒性胜利，意味着卡梅伦领导下的英国将面临前所未有的压力。在这次选举中，苏格兰选区只有屈指可数的几个席位没有落入苏格兰民族主义者手中，这令他们所在的苏格兰国家党(SNP)成为英国议会第三大党，而且是在苏格兰独立公投失败仅仅8个月后。

The election result also sets the stage for a bruising fight over Britain’s membership of the 28-member European Union. Mr Cameron has promised to hold a referendum on continued EU membership and wants to win back more control over some issues from Brussels.

这一选举结果还为英国脱离欧盟(EU)的大战搭建了舞台。目前，欧盟旗下一共拥有28个成员国。在此之前，卡梅伦曾承诺要就英国是否脱离欧盟开展公投，并希望在部分问题上从欧盟手中夺回更多控制权。

With most results in, the Conservatives are projected to just exceed the 323 seats Mr Cameron needs for an effective majority – a far better result than senior party strategists had imagined possible.

目前，全部选区计票结果已经出炉，保守党(Conservatives)目前赢得331个席位——比议会半数议席325席多出6席，这一结果远好于资深政党策略师曾经的想象。截止伦敦时间周五中午，保守党似乎已经取得了20多年来议会中最压倒性的胜利。

The centre-left Labour opposition party is predicted to win just 239 seats, suggesting the party is heading for its worst election result since 1987 — a crushing disappointment for its leader Ed Miliband, whose campaign to make Britain more equal failed to capture the nation’s imagination.

持中左立场的反对党工党(Labour)则遭遇了1987年布莱尔执政后的最差选举结果，结果出炉后，工党领袖埃德•米利班德(Ed Miliband)宣布辞任党魁。工党最终仅取得了232个席位。对于工党领导人埃德•米利班德说，这将是一个令人极其失望的惨重局面，意味着他令英国更加平等的竞选口号未能吸引英国国民。

The pound surged as markets responded to the results suggesting Mr Cameron could emerge as leader of a relatively stable Conservative government.

与此同时，保守党联合政府的次要联盟伙伴自由民主党(Liberal Democrats)却惨遭滑铁卢，在原本可能获得的57个席位最终变成了只有8席位。

The Prime Minister offered a conciliatory message to Scottish voters as the election results came in. “We must reclaim the mantle we should never have lost: the mandate of one nation, one United Kingdom,” he said.

自由民主党领导人尼克•克雷格(Nick Clegg)称，他所在的自由民主党经历了“残酷而艰难的一夜”。选举结果出炉之际，克雷格宣布辞去自由民主党领导人。

The Scottish National party won 56 of Scotland’s 59 seats, up from six in the last election in 2010, sweeping senior Labour figures from office in the party’s traditional heartland and setting the stage for a deeply divided parliament.

过去五年，克雷格曾在英国联合政府中担任副首相。在此次选举中，克雷格成功保住了自己的席位。然而，他承认这一选举结果“显然”会对他的党派及“整个英国产生深远影响”。

“The Scottish lion has roared this morning across the country,” said Alex Salmond, the party’s former leader, who won his own seat and said it was “inconceivable” for any Westminster government to ignore the united voice of Scotland.

该选举结果意味着卡梅伦会成为相对稳定的保守党政府的领导人。对这一结果，市场以英镑汇率的大幅提升作为回应。

The Conservatives’ junior coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, meanwhile, suffered a stunning collapse in support and are projected to lose 46 out of their 56 seats.

在选举结果出炉之际，卡梅伦向苏格兰选民作了安抚性的表态。他说：“我们必须重新拾起我们原本永远不应放弃的责任：建设一个民族构成的一个联合王国。”

The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, sparked speculation over his own future as leader after what he called “a cruel and punishing night” for his party.

苏格兰国家党赢得了苏格兰选区59个席位中的56席，远高于2010年上次选举时的6个席位。在这次选举中，苏格兰国家党将老资格的工党(Labour)在其传统核心地区的席位全面挤出了议会，从而为英国议会的深层次分化创造了条件。

Mr Clegg, deputy prime minister in the coalition government of the last five years, managed to hang on to his own seat. But he accepted the results had “profound implications for the country” and “obviously” for his party, adding that he would address party colleagues about his future later on Friday morning.

苏格兰国家党前领导人亚历克斯•萨尔蒙德(Alex Salmond)表示：“今天早上，全国都是这头苏格兰雄狮的咆哮。”他还表示，英国任何政府忽略苏格兰团结一致的声音都是“不可想象的”。目前，萨尔蒙德已经在英国议会拥有了自己的席位。

The anti-EU UK Independence party was on course to become the third biggest party in terms of national support, but was expected to win just two seats at most under Britain’s first-past-the-post voting system.

尽管去年在苏格兰独立公投中，苏格兰国家党以45比55的比例未能取得成功，该党在此次选举中所获席位却大大增加。这一局面或将导致该党进一步在英国提出更偏向联邦制的和解方案，并为开展第二次公投增加了压力。