The chancellor says he respects Nigel Farage but the UKIP leader does not have "answers to the country's future".
George Osborne told the BBC the Conservatives had to listen to the "anger and anxiety" of those who voted for UKIP in Thursday's local elections.
UKIP gained 155 seats but Mr Osborne said the general election would be a choice between Labour and the Tories.
Labour, which gained almost 300 councillors, has defended its campaign amid some criticism from its own ranks.
Millions of voters took part in local elections in England and Northern Ireland, while European elections were held across the UK.
- With 160 of 161 English councils declared, Labour has gained 292 seats, the Lib Dems have lost 284 and the Conservatives have lost 201
- Seven Conservative councils in the south of England have gone to no overall control, some following UKIP gains
- Labour is set for its best performance in London since 1998
- Turnout looks set to be about 36%
- Results from the European election will not be known until late Sunday
- Counting in Northern Ireland's local elections is continuing
- You can follow full coverage with all the latest updates at bbc.co.uk/vote2014
The BBC's projected national share of the vote suggests UKIP would have scored 17% in a country-wide election. Labour would have got 31% of the vote, just two points ahead of the Conservatives on 29% with the Liberal Democrats on 13%.
UKIP's projected national share figure is lower than the 23% it got in council elections last year.
But, amid fears that the Conservatives could lose Westminster seats because of supporters defecting to UKIP, some Tory MPs have suggested a pact between the Conservatives and UKIP at the next general election. Prime Minister David Cameron has rejected the idea.
On Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Osborne said: "The choice at the election is do you want Ed Miliband and the Labour Party in Downing Street, or do you want David Cameron and the Conservatives in government?"
He added: "We take very seriously the fact that people have voted UKIP. We respect that fact. We have to listen to people who voted UKIP. We have to listen to their anger and their anxiety."
'Good progress'Pressed on whether his respect for UKIP voters extended to Mr Farage, the chancellor said: "I respect Nigel Farage and the other leaders of Britain's political parties, but it doesn't mean that I agree with him. I don't think he has the answers to the country's future."
He also promised that his party would work "incredibly hard" to win an outright parliamentary majority in 2015.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has also faced criticism for his party's performance on Thursday, as it lost some seats to UKIP, despite gaining control of 11 councils,
Michael Dugher, shadow minister for the Cabinet Office, said Labour was making "extremely good progress" but that its members were "not complacent".
He told the BBC: "I'm pleased that we won in those key battleground seats.
"I'm realistic but I'm also aware that, in some of or heartland areas, we did lose seats to UKIP and that is an area where we're going to have to work much harder."
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