In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Blair said: "People thought it was going to be a rout and it's not turned out like that ... These results provide a perfectly good springboard to win in the general election."

From votes counted so far, Labor is still in tight battle with the Scottish National Party in the Scottish Parliamentary election, which has been complicated by an unprecedented number of spilt ballot papers due to complex ballot papers.

In Wales, Labor is likely to remain the largest party in the assembly but might fall short of the 30 seats needed for a majority, with both the Conservatives and Plaid (Welsh party) making gains.

In England, Tory leader David Cameron said his party had secured "stunning" results in the north of England, adding their position put the party on course to win the next general election.

The Liberal Democratic Party has been hit the hardest. However its leader Menzies Campbell said he had always known the elections would be "tough" and called the results a "mixed bag."

A BBC research predicts that the Conservative Party will take up 41 percent of the total vote, whereas Labor grabs 27 percent and Liberal Democratic Party 26 percent.

Final results from the local elections could emerge later on Friday.