The UK has entered that uniquely British electoral “no-man’s land” called the “Hung Parliament.”  That’s when no one gets enough seats to declare themselves the winner so they fight on trying to form their own government.

According to the exit polls, David Cameron’s Conservative party will win just over 300 seats in the Parliament.   The most of all parties, but not the 326 one needs for a majority.

Struggling Labour incumbent Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Labour party netted (or say the surveys) just over 250 seats.

And third party challengers Liberal Democrats and Nick Clegg would get around 60 seats, much less than expected.

So there are basically two choices open to Brit politicians right now.

David Cameron can declare victory where there isn’t an outright win, try to make a “minority government” work, and bring on some smaller party allies.    He’s already reportedly called his performance “decisive.”

At the same time Gordon Brown has the right under British rules of the electoral road to try and form his own government by cobbling together what fellow party officials call a “stable” government with the Liberal Democrats and others.

Added to this mix the complaints of hundreds of voters who say they got turned away from polling stations at closing time.   Turn-out is described to be heavy in this election.

For anyone who watched the 2000 US Presidential election drama a lengthy drawn-out political stalemate should not seem that unusual.

At this point in the UK, the prospects of no reasonably prompt resolution has observers all a-twitter.

Watch this UK political space.