The bookies make Douglas Carswell a red hot 1/10 favourite to retain Clacton in 2015, with 5/1 offered about the Tories retaking the constituency. Elsewhere, Nigel Farage is odds on to win South Thanet and the party is also now favourite to take Boston & Skegness.
With a hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the odds on a Tory/UKIP coalition after the election have fallen from 33/1 to 16/1.
Matthew Shaddick of Ladbrokes said: "The UKIP bandwagon shows no sign of stopping. It's now just 5/1 that they win 20 or more seats, and the prospect of Nigel Farage holding the balance of power in Westminster has just got a little closer".
Ladbrokes' latest betting
Clacton general election odds
1/10 UKIP
5/1 Conservative
UKIP Seat Totals
11/8 5 or above
3/1 10 or above
5/1 20 or above
16/1 50 or above
