Now it's been a monumental day in Scottish history as Humza Yousaf became the first Muslim to lead a major UK party and he will now almost certainly be Scotland's youngest first minister at the age of 37.

The vote in Holyrood tomorrow will almost certainly confirm Mr Yousaf as first minister, especially as we understand all three opposition party leaders - Douglas Ross, Anas Sarwar and Alex Cole-Hamilton - are standing.

This means the SNP leader only needs more MSPs than them.

Who better to take stock of the day so far than our Scotland Editor James Cook.

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Yousaf aware of 'mammoth' challenge facing the NHSpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 27 March 2023

16:52 BST 27 March 2023

Lisa Summers
BBC Scotland Health Correspondent

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Humza Yousaf is well aware of the mammoth task required to fix the problems across health and social care.

Over 600,000 people are on a waiting list; A&E departments are regularly full; and one in every six patients in hospital cannot get out, despite being ready to be discharged.

He is leaving a pretty unpleasant in-tray for whomever he appoints to succeed him as health secretary.

Every year more money is channelled into the health service but it is still not enough to meet growing demand.

Patients are getting older and sicker, drugs costs are going up and staff pay demands keep growing.

Scotland may have avoided nurses’ strikes - but this week junior doctors start a ballot on whether to walk out over pay.

The government’s track record on the NHS is never far from a political rammy, but increasingly those working within health and social care are asking policy makers to step back from arguing between themselves and give some candid consideration to what kind of reform is needed.

Mr Yousaf says his priority is to recover and reform the NHS but he won't deviate from its founding principle, to be free at the point of use.

But to deliver that will have to involve unpopular decisions about what the healthcare system can and cannot afford.

Drivetime with Fiona Stalker
BBC Radio Scotland

As we've been saying, the Scottish Greens National Council has decided unanimously to support Humza Yousaf when that vote for first minister takes place tomorrow.

Co-leader Patrick Harvie tells Drivetime he warmly congratulates Mr Yousaf. He says the new SNP leader was the candidate committed to maintaining the Bute House Agreement between the Scottish Greens and SNP.

Mr Harvie says both Kate Forbes and Ash Regan made it clear in their campaigns that they would not keep the co-operative spirit in the agreement.

He says: "It depends on ongoing trust which you have to work at."

The Scottish Greens co-leader says a new climate plan has to be developed over the next year, as there is "no more urgent issue facing Scotland and the rest of the world".

He also stresses he is committed to fighting for the rights of transgender people who have been waiting for gender recognition reform for years.

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The BBC’s political editor Chris Mason says the election of a new SNP leader is a “real moment of jeopardy” for the party.

The “raw politics” of the post-Nicola Sturgeon political landscape are that the SNP’s opponents see this as a “moment of opportunity”, he says.

The party has had two “dominating figures” as leader back to back – Sturgeon following Alex Salmond - and now have someone “clearly much less well known, particularly beyond Scotland”, he points out.

While opponents will see it as a chance to make gains, for Humza Yousaf it is an opportunity “to try to prove them wrong”, he adds.

Student Max Traill backed Mr Yousaf, saying: "I feel that there's going to be an issue with the harder independence-leaning members of the party against slightly more neutral members of the party, and I feel like Humza caters to that well.

"I believe that Humza, overall, will probably do best for the party getting the majority onside."

However, Michelle Justice believes Mr Yousaf is "not that much different" to his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon.

She said: "To be honest with you, I think he's going to be quite dangerous for Scotland, he's going to take us down the same road."

Elizabeth Flynn said she was "delighted" at Mr Yousaf's victory.

She said: "I've followed him throughout the campaign and feel he was very empathetic."

Her husband Peter Flynn said: "I think he'll do a good job. I think he's very confident, with a lot of good ideas."

Another win for continuity at the top of the Scottish governmentpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 27 March 2023

16:27 BST 27 March 2023

Philip Sim
BBC Scotland political correspondent

Humza Yousaf had long been seen as the only candidate who could keep the Greens in government with the SNP.

And he made all the right noises during his acceptance speech, promising to challenge the UK government’s veto of Holyrood gender reforms - a red line for the Greens.

The deadline to launch a judicial review is coming up soon, so a courtroom showdown with UK ministers might actually be one of Mr Yousaf’s first acts as first minister.

The junior partner has now rewarded him, with the party’s council unanimously backing the continuation of the Bute House agreement. Green MSPs will vote to make Mr Yousaf Scotland’s sixth first minister on Tuesday.

There was perhaps an opportunity for them to extract further benefits from the agreement, given Mr Yousaf had promised SNP members that he would continue the deal - they had some leverage.

But perhaps today is not a day for such cynical politics - and it is another win for continuity at the top of the Scottish government.

What happens next?published at 16:21 British Summer Time 27 March 2023

16:21 BST 27 March 2023

Kirsten Campbell
BBC Scotland political correspondent

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Winning the SNP leadership election is just the start of the process.

Humza Yousaf must also win a vote at Holyrood to become the Scottish Parliament's nominee for first minister.

I understand that Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and Scottish Liberal democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton will all stand in the election on Tuesday.

Assuming the new SNP leader secures more votes than the other candidates combined, which is the likely outcome given the parliamentary arithmetic, then Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone will put their name forward to the King.

The new first minister will then be appointed by Royal Warrant, and sworn in at the Court of Session on Wednesday.

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A meeting of the Scottish Greens Party Council unanimously voted for the party’s MSPs to support Humza Yousaf in becoming first minister and to continue with the Bute House Agreement.

Following Mr Yousaf’s election as SNP leader, Scottish Green Co-leader Patrick Harvie MSP said: “We congratulate Humza Yousaf on his election and look forward to building on the successes of the last 18 months."

We'll bring you more of this not unexpected news shortly.

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Kate Forbes has tweeted , externalher "heartiest congratulations" to Humza Yousaf after he defeated her in the SNP leadership race.

She says: "I’m delighted for him, wish him all the best and will back him as he leads our party and our nation to better days."

Political commentator Lesley Riddoch says Humza Yousaf's speech "did a lot for me as an independence supporter".

Riddoch adds: "It hit an awful lot of the right buttons."

She says Yousaf reached across quite cleverly to take a quote from John Smith and looks to keep Labour-leaning supporters on board.

"It would have been quite different under Kate Forbes and clearly we would now be sitting discussing whether the Greens were going to stay in government."

However, she points out Yousaf has "had his collar felt in a big way" by this result and there will have to be boldness and liveliness about pushing forward political ideas.

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So it looks like the Bute House Agreement between the SNP and the Scottish Greens will remain intact, thanks to Humza Yousaf's victory.

A Scottish Green Party spokesperson congratulated Mr Yousaf on his leadership victory, and hoped he would build on the legacy of his predecessors in delivering a progressive, climate-driven and fair legislative agenda for all of Scotland.

They said: "As partners in the Bute House Agreement, we are encouraged his election will be viewed as an endorsement of these shared values, as Scotland looks to embrace a fairer, greener and more equal future.

"In line with our constitution, and following a capacity spring conference at the weekend in which we discussed the partnership arrangement, we will consult with our party members through Council which will meet later today to agree our next steps.

"We will share those conclusions in due course."

And we will share them with you as soon we get them.

In recent weeks, much of the focus of the SNP leadership election has been on the number of party members.

The party was accused of failing to disclose the correct numbers - a row that ended in the resignation of chief executive Peter Murrell.

In the end, 72,169 members were deemed eligible to vote in the leadership election. Of these, 50,494 actually did so, making the total turnout 70%.

That's short of the turnout in the recent Conservative leadership election - which was also effectively to choose the next prime minister - where 82.6% of their members voted.

However, it is also more than the 2020 Labour leadership election when the turnout was 62.6%.

First Scots Asian first minister?published at 15:46 British Summer Time 27 March 2023

15:46 BST 27 March 2023

Kirsten Campbell
BBC Scotland political correspondent

Humza Yousaf's mum Shaaista Bhutta, and his wife Nadia El-Nakla both wiped away tears as they witnessed history in the making.

Humza Yousaf will become Scotland's first Scots Asian first minister and at 37, the youngest ever. His victory signals a generational shift in the leadership of the country.

In his speech, he promised to work hard to earn the respect and trust of the people of Scotland, insisting there would be no empty promises or easy soundbites.

He predicted that this would be the generation that delivers independence.

He said his family's journey from the Punjab to the Scottish Parliament, is one that should remind us that migrants should be celebrated.

Result will escalate calls for a Holyrood electionpublished at 15:38 British Summer Time 27 March 2023

15:38 BST 27 March 2023

Philip Sim
BBC Scotland political correspondent, live from Murrayfield

Turnout in the leadership election was 70%; Humza Yousaf won 48.2% of first preference votes from that group.

You can already hear the questions about his mandate when he faces Holyrood questions for the first time as first minister on Thursday.

Labour was already pushing for a Scottish election; this result will only escalate those demands.

Yousaf stressed the party’s mandate from past elections; he also made clear that his immediate priority was to reunite “team SNP”.

He also closed by saying that “we have a lot of work to get on with”.

Given the range of issues already stacking up in his in-tray – from the cost of living to health services and education – it is unlikely his thoughts will be turning to elections any time soon.

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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has sent his congratulations to Humza Yousaf following his victory.

Like his Scottish counterpart Anas Sarwar earlier, he says the first FM of an ethnic minority background is "a significant moment for Scotland".

But Starmer goes on to say the SNP "do not have the answers on the NHS or on the cost of living crisis".

"Only Labour can provide the change that Scotland needs," he adds.

If you're just joining us, Humza Yousaf is to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and Scotland's first minister after a vote of party members.

Yousaf defeated rivals Kate Forbes and Ash Regan in a leadership contest that exposed deep divisions within the party.

The 37-year-old is the first Muslim to lead a major UK party.

He is set to be confirmed as the first ethnic minority leader of a devolved government tomorrow.

Yousaf is currently Scotland's health secretary and was widely assumed to be Sturgeon's preferred successor, although she did not explicitly back any of the candidates in the contest.

The leadership election was decided by the Single Transferable Vote system, with 50,490 of the SNP's 72,169 members casting a ballot - the vast majority of them online.

After Regan was eliminated in the first round, Yousaf defeated Forbes by 52% to 48% in the second round, receiving 26,032 votes.

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Former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has paid tribute to all three candidates in the race to succeed her for "rising to the challenge".

"Most of all I congratulate Humza Yousaf and wish him every success," says the outgoing leader.

Sturgeon says Yousaf "will be an outstanding leader and first minister" and she could "not be prouder to have him succeed me".

The Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party Douglas Ross has congratulated Humza Yusaf on becoming the first Muslim SNP leader.

"There was a touching moment when the camera went to his mum and she dabbed away a tear so a very proud moment for him personally," he says.

But Ross says now the onus is on getting to work and focusing on the issues that matter to people in Scotland like the cost of living crisis and the NHS.

He says the NHS in Scotland has been struggling for many years while Yousaf has been health secretary.

And he adds that he has "serious concerns" about Yousaf keeping the Scottish Greens in partnership in government.

"A party that are anti-growth being at the heart of the Scottish government is not good for Scotland's economy and we need to get Scotland's economy moving again," he says.

A political first for Scotlandpublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 27 March 2023

15:02 BST 27 March 2023

Nick Eardley
Chief political correspondent

Rishi Sunak and Humza Yousaf are both responsible for historic firsts in British politics.

Sunak became the first Hindu prime minister last year.

Mr Yousaf will tomorrow become the first Muslim first minister of Scotland. One SNP figure has been in touch to say this is "another historic glass-ceiling smashed".

Warm words from Yousaf but tensions with London remainpublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 27 March 2023

14:58 BST 27 March 2023

Nick Eardley
Chief political correspondent

Scotland will have a new first minister - but don't expect a different approach from the UK government.

Ministers in London think their strategy of stonewalling calls for another independence referendum has worked. Humza Yousaf will continue to fight for another vote, but it's far from clear that he'll succeed where Nicola Sturgeon failed.

The UK government is likely to offer to work with Mr Yousaf, but tensions will continue. The new SNP leader has criticised UK ministers for getting involved in devolved areas - and could challenge the decision to block Holyrood's gender reform bill.

There are always warm words when new leaders are elected.

But the tensions between Edinburgh and London won't disappear.