British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called an election for May 6, setting up his first nationwide test as U.K. leader in a ballot that may fail to result in a governing majority.
The 59-year-old premier announced the election date at his 10 Downing St. residence in London today after traveling to Buckingham Palace to ask Queen Elizabeth II to dissolve Parliament April 12.
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