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Scottish Parliament general election, 2016

Scottish Parliament election, 2016
Scotland
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All 129 seats to the Scottish Parliament
65 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout 55.6% Increase 5.2%
  First party Second party Third party
  Nicola Sturgeon.jpg Ruth Davidson 2012 (cropped).jpg Kezia Dugdale 2016 (cropped).jpg
Leader Nicola Sturgeon Ruth Davidson Kezia Dugdale
Party SNP Conservative Labour
Leader since 14 November 2014 4 November 2011 15 August 2015
Leader's seat Glasgow Southside Edinburgh Central Lothian list
Last election 69 seats 15 seats 37 seats
Seats before 64 15 38
Seats won 63 31 24
Seat change Decrease6 Increase16 Decrease13
Constituency vote 1,059,897 501,844 514,261
 % and swing 46.5% Increase1.1% 22% Increase8.1% 22.6% Decrease9.2%
Regional vote 953,587 524,222 435,919
 % and swing 41.7% Decrease2.3% 22.9% Increase10.6% 19.1% Decrease7.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Scottish Green conveners.jpg Willie Rennie 2011 (cropped).JPG
Leader Patrick Harvie
Maggie Chapman
Willie Rennie
Party Scottish Green Liberal Democrats
Leader since 2008 17 May 2011
Leader's seat Glasgow list (Harvie)
North East Scotland list
(Chapman) (Lost)
North East Fife
Last election 2 seats 5 seats
Seats before 2 5
Seats won 6 5
Seat change Increase4 Steady
Constituency vote 13,172 178,238
 % and swing 0.6% 7.8% Decrease0.1%
Regional vote 150,426 119,284
 % and swing 6.6% Increase2.2% 5.2% Steady

Scottish Election Results 2016.svg
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

Nicola Sturgeon
SNP

Elected First Minister

Nicola Sturgeon
SNP


Nicola Sturgeon
SNP

Nicola Sturgeon
SNP

The 2016 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 5 May 2016 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the fifth general election since the parliament was established in 1999. It was the first parliamentary election in Scotland in which 16 and 17 year olds were able to vote, under the provisions of the Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act. It was also the first time the three main parties were led by women.

Parliament went into dissolution on 24 March 2016, allowing the official period of campaigning to get underway. Five parties had MSPs in the previous parliament: Scottish National Party (SNP) led by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Labour Party led by Kezia Dugdale, Scottish Conservatives led by Ruth Davidson, Scottish Liberal Democrats led by Willie Rennie, Scottish Greens, led by their co-conveners Patrick Harvie and Maggie Chapman. Of those five parties, four changed their leader since the 2011 election.

During the campaign, a series of televised debates took place, including party leaders of the elected parties. BBC Scotland held the first leaders’ debate on 24 March, STV broadcast the next on 29 March, and BBC Scotland hosted the final debate on 1 May.


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