Labour is on a war footing in case of a snap general election, Jeremy Corbyn has suggested.
The Labour leader said that his party was "very, very ready" for another vote.
Experts expect David Cameron to resign if the UK crashes out of the EU, kicking off a Tory leadership contest and possibly another Westminster election. Many Conservatives are fearful of a repeat of 2008, when they believe Gordon Brown could have won an early election but bottled it.
Westminster rules mean the next general election is not due until 2020.
But MPs can technically trigger another vote if they back it in large enough numbers.
Mr Corbyn said: “If the Government ... ends up deciding it needs to navigate around the Fixed Term Parliaments Act in order to have a general election a little sooner, all I have got to say is we are very, very ready for that."
His comments came just hours after he insisted he would not take any blame if there was a Brexit.
Some in the Remain camp have accused Labour of a lacklustre campaign that has left many of its own voters unclear where it stands.
Large numbers of Labour supporters are predict to vote to leave the EU on Thursday.
Labour MPs fear the referendum could also trigger a huge jump in support for Ukip, similar to the SNP surge seen after the 2014 independence referendum.
Speaking at the People's History Museum in Manchester, Mr Corbyn also said that staying in the EU would protect jobs and prosperity.
He repeated his view that the EU needs reform “in many ways” but that to leave would be to “give in to global corporations and global movements of capital”.
He denied that Labour had fought a half-hearted campaign and insisted that his party had got its message across.
Labour’s referendum campaign would carry on in the memory of Jo Cox, the MP killed in her Batley and Spen constituency last week, he added.
And he took a swipe at Ukip leader Nigel Farage as he said that a vote to leave would risk more Tory austerity.
""Their divisive campaign deserves to lose. A vote to leave will embolden the likes of Nigel Farage," he said.
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