Cameron Buttle
BBC Scotland

They have started the recount here in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk and they are hoping they can get it done and we can have a result at about 07:00.

It is very tight here between the Conservatives' John Lamont and the SNP's Calum Kerr.

South of the Tweed, so far: Conservative +16 (36.1%) seats, Labour +10 (33.6%), LibDems -27 (7.6%).

Current prediction: Tory 316, Lab 239, Lib Dem 10

• One seat - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk - left to declare

• SNP wins 55 seats

• Labour, Lib Dems and Conservatives all win one seat each

• Jim Murphy, Douglas Alexander, Charles Kennedy and Danny Alexander all lose seats

Danny Alexander, the chief secretary to the treasury, has lost his seat in Inverness to the leader of Highland Council, the SNP's Drew Hendry.

With just on Scottish seat to declare the situation looks like this:

• SNP 55

• Labour 1

• Conservative 1

• Lib Dem 1

The SNP has polled 50.2% of the votes cast in Scotland. Labour 25%, the Tories 14.7% and the Lib Dems 6.8%.

SNP gain Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey from the Liberal Democrats

David Cameron says it is "clearly" a "very strong night" for the Conservatives, but "it's too early to say what sort of result there will be at the end of this night".

He continues: "I want to bring our country together - not least the devolution for Wales and Scotland. One UK, that's how I will govern."

David Cameron promises to implement pledge of more powers for Scotland and Wales.

Conservative MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale David Mundell says he would "very much" like some Scottish colleagues in Westminster.

He says he never envisaged being the only Conservative MP in Scotland.

Asked whether whether he was likely to be Secretary of State, he answered: "It's above my pay grade."

Since the 2010 general election he has served as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland.

• David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg and re-elected

• Conservatives on course to be largest party in UK

• Labour have poor night

• Lib Dems Vince Cable and Simon Hughes lose seats

Sir Menzies Campbell tells the BBC there "will certainly be a second referendum" and "we must prepare our party for that".

Veteran Lib Dem Sir Menzies Campbell says Charles Kennedy had a "reputation for being one of the few politicians who speaks a language the public understands".

He said the former Lib Dem leader - who has lost his seat in Ross, Skye and Lochaber after 32 years - had made a "huge contribution" to the House of Commons.

Sir Ming said: "He has been a huge advocate for the Highlands and the people of his constituency have been very fortunate indeed to have someone with such a breadth of understanding; I am very sad for him."

• Two seats left to declare

• SNP win 54 seats

• Alex Salmond elected

• Jim Murphy, Douglas Alexander and Charles Kennedy lose seats

SNP gain Argyll and Bute from the Liberal Democrats

Nick Robinson
Political editor

Image source, Reuters

It's over. Ed Miliband didn't formally concede defeat but his face and his reference to "a very disappointing and difficult night" did.

John Curtice
Professor of politics at Strathclyde University

Election night has been filled with both surprises and shocks. Far from being a closely contested election as anticipated by the pre-polling day opinion polls, the Conservatives have emerged as first in votes and seats by a considerable distance.

Meanwhile, the SNP have almost swept the board throughout Scotland, while the Lib Dems are apparently heading for their worst result since 1970.

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Although UKIP look as though they are going to come third in votes, they are apparently destined to achieve very little in terms of seats.

With over half the results now declared, it looks as though the Conservatives will emerge some seven or so points ahead of Labour in terms of the popular vote, and it remains possible that they might just succeed in getting an overall majority.

Meanwhile, thanks not least to a near wipe-out in Scotland, Labour is expected to emerge with considerably fewer seats than they won in 2010. The SNP appear set to win around a half of the vote in Scotland and all but a handful of the seats north of the border.

Ed Miliband said Labour had seen a "surge of nationalism overwhelm our party" in Scotland.

"The next government has a huge responsibility in facing the very difficult task of keeping our country together.

"Whatever party we come from, if we believe in the United Kingdom, we should stand-up for people in every part of our United Kingdom.

"I believe that what unites is much more than what divides us."

He continued "it's been a 'disappointing and difficult night" and "I am deeply sorry for what has happened" to colleagues in Scotland.

Tim Reid
Political correspondent, BBC News

Labour leader Ed Miliband: "In Scotland we have seen a surge of nationalism overwhelm our party" #ge2015

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Douglas Fraser
Business/economy editor, Scotland

It's the early shift for me, and there's a yellow glow in the north as the sun rises over Glasgow.

Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has lost his seat in Ross, Skye and Lochaber - after 32 years - to the SNP's Ian Blackford.

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SNP gain Ross, Skye and Lochaber from the Liberal Democrats