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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.
As a result of the first periodical review of Scottish Parliament constituencies, [1] new constituencies and additional member regions of the Scottish Parliament were introduced for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. The D'Hondt method is used, as previously, in the allocation of additional member seats.
The constituencies and regions were first used in 1999, for the first election of the Scottish Parliament, and were used also for the 2003 and 2007 elections. The First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries [ 1 ] [ 2 ] by the Boundary Commission for Scotland was started in 2007, and the Commission reported to the Secretary of State ...
A polling station in Stirling on the day of the 2007 Scottish Parliament election. The Scottish Parliament uses the additional member system (AMS), a compensatory form of proportional representation, to elect MSPs. The electorate have two votes to cast one a Scottish Parliamentary election day, one for a constituency MSP and one for a Regional ...
South Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.
The Highlands and Islands is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament, created in 1999.Eight of the parliament's first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).
Local government areas of Scotland 1973 to 1996—former system of regions and districts. Subdivisions of Scotland—unitary authority areas, in use from 1996 to present. Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions—in use from 1999 to present. Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 1999 to 2011.
Scottish Parliament electoral regions; ... 2015 Map. At the 2015 election the SNP won a majority of Scottish seats for the first time. [5] Party Seats Seats change