In pictures: SNP triumph in general election

Nicola Sturgeon at the Glasgow count

First Minister and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon, centre, celebrates with the results for her party at the Glasgow count

Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon celebrates at the Glasgow count

SNP's Stuart Donaldson kisses his girlfriend Lucy Emptage

SNP candidate for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Stuart Donaldson gets a celebratory kiss from his girlfriend Lucy Emptage

Murphy leaves

Jim Murphy leaves the count after his defeat

Jim Murphy

Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy lost to the SNP in East Renfrewshire

Glasgow

SNP supporters cheer their party's success in Glasgow

Douglas Alexander

Douglas Alexander lost to the SNP's Mhairi Black in Paisley and Renfrewshire South

Mhairi Black, Britain's youngest member of parliament since 1667

Mhairi Black, SNP, has become Britain's youngest member of parliament since 1667

Counting in Aberdeen

Votes are counted in Aberdeen

Scottish Labour Party candidate Margaret Curran

Scottish Labour Party candidate Margaret Curran who lost the Glasgow East Constituency at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow

Danny Alexander

Liberal Democrat former Treasury chief Danny Alexander lost his Inverness seat to the SNP

Alex Salmond at count

Former SNP leader Alex Salmond won the Gordon constituency

Alex Salmond at the count for Banff and Buchan, Gordon, and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Alex Salmond and his wife Moira arrive at the count for the Banff and Buchan, Gordon, and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituencies

Emirates Arena in Glasgow count.

A police officer looks out over the counting centre at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow.