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"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
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.
Voter turnout is the highest in a Scottish Parliament election to date, at 63.0%. The Scottish Nationalist Party improves its performance, finishing with 64 seats, just short of an overall majority. The Conservatives finish with 31 seats, Labour 22, Scottish Greens 8 and Liberal Democrats 4. [1] 13 May 2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election
The SNP continued their winning streak in the Glasgow region on Saturday.
Votes are still being counted for the English council and mayoral elections.
The elections were held again using the STV system of proportional representation, and as with the 2012 Scottish local elections, they were delayed for one year to ensure they were not held on the same day as the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections (which was delayed for a year, owing to the 2015 general election).
This is a summary of the electoral history of Humza Yousaf, the First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party between 2023 and 2024, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Pollok since 2016.
2021 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow [5] List Candidates Votes Of total (%) ± from prev. SNP: Roza Salih, Nicola Sturgeon, Clare Haughey, Ivan McKee, Bill Kidd, Alex Kerr, Suzanne McLaughlin, Kaukab Stewart, Katy Loudon, Christina Cannon, Abdul Bostani 133,917 43.9 0.9 Labour