Summary

  • SNP secures historic landslide

  • Nationalists win 56 out of 59 seats

  • Labour, Conservatives and Lib Dems secure one seat each

  • Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy loses seat but vows to 'fight back' as leader

  • Douglas Alexander and Margaret Curran also high-profile Labour casualties

  • Lib Dems Michael Moore, Danny Alexander and Charles Kennedy also lose seats

Live Reporting

Thomas McGuigan, Steve Brocklehurst, Graham Fraser, Louise Sayers, Jo Perry and Rachel Grant

  1. Scotland results

    The results for real should start to come in Scotland at about 01:20. Rutherglen & Hamilton is racing to be first...

    Lady with voting paperReuters

  2. East Renfrewshire count

    Sally McNair
    Reporter, BBC Scotland

    The first ballot boxes have arrived at Williamwood High School in Clarkston - where Labour leader Jim Murphy is hoping to retain his seat of East Renfrewshire.

    Counting is under way in the large assembly area.

    Neither Mr Murphy nor his closest rival in this contest, SNP candidate Kirsten Oswald, are here yet. Both live nearby and aren't expected for some time. The result is not expected here until after 03:00.

  3. Motherwell

    Jamie McIvor
    BBC Scotland correspondent

    In North Lanarkshire, there was a Yes vote in the referendum. So the question is whether that vote will translate to a vote for the SNP today?

    There are four seats in North Lanarkshire. They are all currently Labour and at the last election the party got more than 50% of the vote in all these seats. In Coatbridge, Tom Clarke got 66% of the vote.

    So if the tectonic plates of Scotland are shifting we will definitely feel the tremors here.

  4. When will I know?

    If you're staying up tonight to watch the result come in, here is our estimation on when the results Scotland's 59 Westminster seats are likely to be declared.

    List of estimated declartion times

    It's based on what happened at the 2010 General Election.

  5. Election - Your views

    David Wright: 330 seats needed for a majority so looks like a three-way coalition versus go-it-alone minority.

    Robbie Duff: If Exit poll accurate, Scotland voting Labour would NOT have stopped a Tory government yet again & @snp will stand up for us.

  6. Reporting from the Glenrothes count

    Ken Macdonald
    BBC Scotland

    From front to back: Fife North East, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath.

    The scene in Glenrothes

  7. Unloading in Greenock

    Keir Murray
    BBC Scotland

    First ballot boxes arrive at Greenock's Waterfront for Inverclyde count. The serious stuff begins. #GE2015

    Ballot boxes in Greenock

  8. Exit poll reaction

    Scottish Labour deputy leader Kezia Dugdale said she very much hoped the result was badly wrong. She feels there has been a different picture on the ground.

    Derek Mackay, of the SNP, said even he thought 58 seats was "hard to believe". He said 58 feels on the optimistic side...

  9. 'State of the parties'

    @BBCPolitics

    State of the parties, according to #GE2015 exit poll

    Exit poll

  10. Glenrothes count

    Ken Macdonald
    BBC Scotland Science Correspondent

    Good evening from Glenrothes. We have three counts for you here tonight. #GE2015

  11. Edinburgh East

    Morag Kinniburgh
    BBC News Scotland

    Edinburgh East SNP candidate Tommy Sheppard says "it's like waiting for Santa".

    SantaThinkstock

  12. Election - Your views

    To get in touch with your views during the course of the night, text using 80295 or tweet @bbcscotlandnews

    BBC Scotland's election coverage

  13. Exit poll problem

    Brian Taylor
    Political editor, Scotland

    The biggest problem with the exit poll is to use a system designed for two parties and trying to extend it the six parties.

    We will get the real results soon enough...

  14. 'Up to the voters now'

    Catriona Renton
    BBC Scotland

    I have spoken to Labour and SNP activists working in East Kilbride constituency. Labour say "we've done all we can - up to the voters now". Others say what they've heard on the doorstep does not tally with the polls. SNP very upbeat - saying: "fantastic reception at polling stations".

  15. Verifying votes

    Jane Lewis
    BBC Scotland

    And we're verifying postal votes in #EastAyrshire & Arran #GE2015

    Verifying votes in East Ayrshire in Arran count

  16. 'Extraordinary night'

    Nick Robinson
    Political editor

    It will be a sensational and extraordinary night if the exit poll proves to be correct with the emphasis on proves to be correct. There only needs to be a slight shift in the actual polls, and that shift would be well within the margin of error, for things to change dramatically.

    It is not enough for either side to know they have won. It is enough for each side to hope, however? What is does guarantee is a night of exquisite torture.

  18. Nicola Sturgeon, SNP leader

    SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon: I'd treat the exit poll with HUGE caution. I'm hoping for a good night but I think 58 seats is unlikely! #GE15

  19. Exit poll: Analysis

    Prof Charlie Jeffery
    University of Edinburgh

    The exit poll team that did this poll tonight got it pretty much spot on in 2010. It was not far off in 2005 either.

    The big difference this time is that they have attempted to capture the seat projections for the smaller parties - the SNP, Plaid Cymru, the Greens and UKIP.

    Once you turn it from a three-party to a seven-party projection you import all sorts of uncertainties.

  20. What happened last time in 2010?

    Five years ago the parties in Scotland divided the seats like this:

    • Labour 41

    • Lib Dem 11

    • SNP 6

    • Conservative 1

    All swings from that situation during this evening will take 2010 as a benchmark.