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Scottish Elections

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Scottish General Election

First held on 6 May 99. Thereafter the first Thursday in May at fixed 4 year intervals unless the parliament is dissolved early due to a vote of no confidence or failure to form a government. Two ballot papers, one for a constituency MSP the other for PR seats on a list.

Total PR votes

Figures are presented in the form: Party, No. votes (% share) actual seats won, Top-Up regions fought

Electorate 3,986,886
Turnout 2,305,987 (57.84%)

Labour 786,818 (34.12%) 56 All
Scottish National Party 638,644 (27.70%) 35 All
Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party 372,213 (16.14%) 18 All
Scottish Liberal Democrats 277,656 (12.04%) 17 All
Scottish Greens 84,024 (3.64%) 1 All
Socialist Labour Party 55,232 (2.40%) 0 All
Scottish Socialist Party 46,635 (2.02%) 1 All
Pro-Life Alliance 9,784 (0.42%) 0 C,G,L,M&F,W
Scottish Unionist Party 7,009 0 C,G,W
Natural Law Party 4,906 (0.21%) All
Cairdeas - The Highlands & Islands Alliance 2607 (0.11%) H&I
Scottish Liberal Party 2,056 (0.09%) L
UK Independence Party 1,502 (0.07%) S
Scottish Family & Pensioners' Party 1,373 (0.06%) C
Witchery Tour Party 1,184 (0.05%) L
Civil Rights Party 806 (0.03%) L
Socialist Party of Great Britain 697 (0.03%) G,L
Communist Party of Great Britain 521 (0.02%) G
Humanist Party 447 (0.02%) G
Independents (Various Lists) 41,319 (1.79%) 1 C,G,H&I,L,NE,W

Local Authorities

Held on 6 May 99 and thereafter the first Thursday in May at fixed 4 year intervals.

10 June 1999

Elections to the European Parliament. 5 year term. Scotland formed a single constituency for the purposes of this election with all candidates being elected on a closed list PR basis.

May 2011

Latest date for UK General Election


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