The Tories achieved a huge 49% of the vote from PrintWeek's readers, which would translate to 442 seats and an overall majority of 224, according to the BBC's seat calculator.

Labour, with 27% of the vote, would be left with 163 seats, while the Liberal Democrats' 15% vote share would land them with 20 seats.

At the time of writing, the Conservative Party had gained nearly 209 votes in the printweek.com poll, although there were times during the voting, which has run for the last three weeks, where Labour had the edge over the Tories before falling back.

The Liberal Democrats also had their time in the spotlight, at one point commanding a close second spot (shortly after the first of the televised leader debates) before falling back into third.

The sentiment on the forums, however, was far from pro-Conservative. 'Ivor Binder' commented: "I shall be remembering what the Labour party has done over the past years, and I also remember that the Tories were kicked out on an anti-sleaze vote for all the stuff they were up to, I want a change so I shall go for a change."

Another blogger suggeted a hung parliament would be the best result, as it would most likely be swiftly followed by another election, with all the related print work being rerun.

As the country gears up to vote, the party leaders are making one last push, with Cameron having campaigned through the night on Tuesday, visiting shift workers, while Brown was out late into the night at a Sheffield steel factory attempting to win over wavering voters with promises to support manufacturing in the UK.

However, one of key issues of this election remains the economy, with warnings of austere times ahead. Yet even at this late stage all the main parties continue to face criticism over the lack of detail on their fiscal policies.