BBC Radio Scotland

Michael Moore has told Good Morning Scotland that it was a "pretty awful night at the ballot box" and his party needed to reflect, regroup and re-enter the fray".

BBC Radio Scotland

During an interview for Good Morning Scotland, Alex Salmond, MP for Gordon, said the SNP wanted to "strike a blow for progressive politics across the UK".

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"I've never seen Scotland speak with such unity and such determination, north, south east, west," he said.

"There's a clarion call, a roar from the Scottish lion which I would advise no Prime Minister regardless of who it is, minority, majority, anything, to ignore.

"I think they could pay a very heavy price if anyone tries to ignore such a clear statement of intent from the Scottish people."

Mr Salmond said there would be opportunities for "mitigating or stopping some of the more outrageous policies" of the past government.

Although the SNP would have preferred to have a progressive coalition, it was not responsible for Labour's results in England, he said.

@BBCBreaking

"Further devolution for Scotland is ready to go," says George Osborne http://bbc.co.uk ./electionlive #GE2015

Cameron Buttle
BBC Scotland

#GE2015 lots of tributes to Mike Moore from all the parties on stage at Kelso this evening, particularly from victor SNP Calum Kerr.

Gillian Marles
BBC Scotland business reporter

The SNP have - as predicted, swept the board in Scotland.

With 56 of the 59 MPs at Westminster - Nicola Sturgeon declared the success a "historic watershed" and said her party would stand up to the Conservatives.

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It leaves Labour the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives with just one MP each.

For the Liberal Democrats - it was in the words of its leader Nick Clegg "a cruel and punishing night" for the party - losing senior figures, including Charles Kennedy and Danny Alexander and Michael Moore.

Labour casualties included Margaret Curran, Douglas Alexander and Jim Murphy - he's now facing calls for his resignation as Scottish Labour leader.

Turnout in Scotland surged up by 10% in many areas.

And more than a third of the country's MPs at Westminster will be women.

Tim Reid
Political correspondent, BBC News

• Moore: "We need everyone to work together and not to clash." #GE2015

• Ex MP Mike Moore:"The danger after tonight is a powerful block of SNP MPs, a strengthened Conservative party..and they refuse to do business

Tim Reid
Political correspondent, BBC News

So there are now more pandas in Scotland than Labour MPs. And more than Tory MPs. And more than LD MPs - #pandagate #ge2015

BBC Radio Scotland

Alex Salmond, the newly elected MP for Gordon, has told Good Morning Scotland it has been an amazing night for Scotland.

He said he had never heard Scotland "speak with such unity" and would work to see the "vow" promised by David Cameron during the referendum campaign implemented in full.

BBC Scotland News

Vote share change in Scotland: SNP +30%, UKIP +0.9%, GRN +0.7%, CON -1.8%, LD -11.3%, LAB -17.7%. #ge2015

Congratulations to our 56 @theSNP, external MPs and their fabulous campaign teams. What a result! #GE15

FULL SCOTTISH RESULTS: SNP - 56 (up 50); Labour - 1 (down 40); Lib Dems - 1 (down 10); Conservatives - 1 (no change)

Tim Reid
Political correspondent, BBC News

The last Scottish seat to declare, goes to the SNP. LD Michael Moore's old seat -the man who persuaded Cameron to offer a referendum on indy

Berwishire, Roxborough and Selkirk goes to SNP candidate Calum Kerr.

Gary Robertson
BBC Radio Scotland

BBC News - Election 2015: SNP surges to Scottish landslide. Continued reaction #bbcgms on air until 0900

Prof Charlie Jeffery
University of Edinburgh

"It looks like a majority for the Conservatives. All of the polls before hand were for a hung parliament. We may not have a hung parliament.

"We seem to have got this shy Tory phenomenon. It seems that everybody has systematically underestimated the strength of the Tory party. Everybody got the SNP vote right but in the rest of the UK they got it wrong."

Cameron Buttle
BBC Scotland

#GE2015 just minutes for Kelso result

Cameron Buttle
BBC Scotland

The latest update is about 7.30am for the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk result.

The recount is well under way and they are all still looking pretty chipper.

There was concern that they might have to bring in a brand new team and start the recount all over again at 9am.

Looks like we have managed to avoid that and we are still waiting to hear whether it is John Lamont of The Conservatives or Calum Kerr of the SNP.

Michael Moore of the Lib Dems accepted defeat a long time ago.

Brian Taylor
Political editor, Scotland

One minor point - 60 years ago, in 1955, a party gained 50.1% of the popular vote in Scotland.

We generally say it was the Tories but it was actually the Scottish Unionist party. That's what they stood as at the time. They did not even call themselves Conservative, so confident were they in that unionist message.

Tonight, the SNP are on 50.2%, or heading that way, in the vote in Scotland; a party which espouses independence.

And they say that politics never changes! It has changed tonight in Scotland alright.

Former Labour adviser Paul Sinclair said: "It is time the party came together and looked at what fundamentally is wrong.

"The SNP have very successfully done two things over a number of years. One, they have managed to convince the Scottish public that the Scottish Labour party ain't Scottish. And then the final part of it - that it ain't Labour any more.

"We have to establish our Scottish credentials. I think the party should be autonomous so that the decisions are made here and the focus of the Scottish Labour party is Holyrood."

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The parents of SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon say they have not seen their daughter since Easter Sunday.

Her dad Robert said: "After this tonight I don't know when we will see her face-to-face again."