2007 Scottish Parliament election

Scottish Parliament election, 2007

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All 129 seats to the Scottish Parliament 65 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	52.4% 3.0%
First party Second party   Leader Alex Salmond Jack McConnell Party SNP Labour Leader's seat Gordon Motherwell and Wishaw Last election 27 seats 50 seats Seats won 47 46 Seat change 20 4 Constituency vote 664,227 648,374  % and swing 32.9% 10.1% 32.2% 2.4% Regional vote 633,401 595,415  % and swing 31.0% 9.9% 29.2% 0.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Annabel Goldie Nicol Stephen Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat West of Scotland Aberdeen South Last election 18 seats 17 seats Seats won 17 16 Seat change 1 1 Constituency vote 334,743 326,232  % and swing 16.6% 0.0% 16.2% 0.9% Regional vote 284,005 230,671  % and swing 13.9% 1.6% 11.3% 0.5%
The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows regional winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours .
First Minister before election Jack McConnell Labour First Minister-designate Alex Salmond SNP

Jack McConnell
Labour

Alex Salmond
SNP

The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the third general election to the devolved Scottish Parliament since it was created in 1999. Local elections in Scotland fell on the same day.

The Scottish National Party emerged as the largest party with 47 seats, closely followed by the incumbent Scottish Labour Party with 46 seats. The Scottish Conservatives won 17 seats, the Scottish Liberal Democrats 16 seats, the Scottish Green Party 2 seats and one Independent (Margo MacDonald) was also elected. The Scottish National Party formed a minority government as a result of the election.

The Scottish Socialist Party and the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party, which won seats in the 2003 election, lost all of their seats. Former MSP Tommy Sheridan's new party, Solidarity, also failed to win any seats. Campbell Martin and Dr Jean Turner both lost their seats, and Dennis Canavan and Brian Monteith retired.