Scottish Parliament elections

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Scottish Parliament elections are the regular democratic contests in which voters in Scotland choose Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) to represent them in the devolved legislature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf election
parliamentary election
subnational election
administrationLevel devolved legislature
allowsCoalitionGovernments true
allowsMinorityGovernments true
ballotStructure two separate votes
constituencyMSPsElected 73
country Scotland
electoralCommissionOversight Electoral Commission
electoralRegisterType local government electoral register for Scotland
elects Members of the Scottish Parliament
firstElection 1999 Scottish Parliament election
firstElectionDate 1999
franchiseIncludes British citizens resident in Scotland
EU citizens resident in Scotland
qualifying foreign nationals resident in Scotland
registered residents of Scotland
governingBodyFormed Scottish Government
hasComponent constituency vote
regional list vote
headOfGovernmentSelected First Minister of Scotland
legalBasis Scotland Act 1998
Scotland Act 2012
Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020
legislatureElected Scottish Parliament
location Holyrood, Edinburgh
mainPartiesParticipating Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Green Party
Scottish Labour Party
Scottish Liberal Democrats
linked to: Liberal Democrats

Scottish National Party
minimumVotingAge 16
mostRecentElection 2021 Scottish Parliament election
nextScheduledElection 2026 Scottish Parliament election
numberOfConstituencies 73
numberOfMSPsElected 129
numberOfRegions 8
previousMinimumVotingAge 18
regionalMSPsElected 56
regionalSeatAllocationMethod D'Hondt method
linked to: d’Hondt method
regularity every five years
shortName Holyrood elections
termLength 5 years
uses multi-member electoral regions
single-member constituencies
votingAgeLoweredBy Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015
votingSystem Additional Member System
mixed-member proportional representation

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Scotland Act 2016 hasSectionOn Scottish Parliament elections
Angus South createdFor Scottish Parliament elections
Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region) partOf Scottish Parliament electoral system
linked to: Scottish Parliament elections
Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region) usedFor Scottish Parliament elections
Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency) createdFor Scottish Parliament election
linked to: Scottish Parliament elections
Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency) establishedFor 1999 Scottish Parliament election
linked to: Scottish Parliament elections
Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency) hasBoundaryChange 2011 Scottish Parliament election
linked to: Scottish Parliament elections
Edinburgh Pentlands usedIn Scottish Parliament elections
SNP logo with yellow background and black thistle knot usedIn Scottish Parliament elections
Scottish Parliament elections shortName Holyrood elections
linked to: Scottish Parliament elections
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Scottish Parliament constituency) usedFor Scottish Parliament elections