The Liberal Democrats have become the biggest party on Wiltshire Council, but have not won enough seats to take overall control.
The local elections, which took place on 1 May, saw the Conservatives lose control of Wiltshire after 25 years of power, having won 37 seats overall.
The Liberal Democrats won 43 seats in the election, saying the future is "golden".
Half of the total of 98 seats needed to be acquired in order to be a majority, meaning that no one council has overall control.
"I think the future is golden," said Brian Mathew, the Liberal Democrat MP for Melksham and Devizes.
"Often people often vote against a party rather than for a party if I'm being totally honest," continued Mr Mathew.
"The Tories have got tired. There's a lot of angry people out there too who are fed up with things generally and I think that's part of the reason."
Only 36.19% of people voted on Thursday to decide who should run the local authority which is responsible for roads, bins and adult social care.
