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The 2021 Scottish Parliament election took place on 6 May 2021 under the provisions of the Scotland Act 1998.It was the sixth Scottish Parliament election since the parliament was re-established in 1999. 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament were elected.
English: Results map for the 2021 Scottish Parliament general election, where the following colours denote each respective party: Scottish National Party Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Parliament (), created by the Scotland Act 1998, has used a system of constituencies and electoral regions since the first general election in 1999.. The parliament has 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first-past-the-post) system of voting, and eight additional member regions, each electing seven additional MSPs.
Scottish Parliamentary elections use the Additional Member System ... 2015 Map. At the 2015 election the SNP won a majority of Scottish seats for the first time. [5]
The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 required the commission to review boundaries of all constituencies except Orkney and Shetland (which cover, respectively, the Orkney Islands council area and the Shetland Islands council area) so that the area covered by the reviewed constituencies continues to be covered by a total of 71 ...
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Scottish constituencies for the fifty-ninth Parliament of the United Kingdom (2024–present). It includes MPs elected at the 2024 general election, held on 4 July 2024. The number of constituences in Scotland reduced from 59 to 57 at this ...
The election saw a resurgence of Labour within Scotland, with the party winning 37 seats, an increase of 36 from the previous election and becoming the largest party in Scotland for the first time since 2010. The Liberal Democrats also saw gains, increasing their Scottish representation in Parliament from four seats to six.
"Scottish Parliament Elections: 2021" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 20 May 2021 "Full votes and seats by party etc - SPE21". Electoral Management Board for Scotland. 9 May 2021 "Scottish Parliament election 2021 - National results". BBC News