Summary

  • SNP win a third successive term at Holyrood

  • But the party falls short of an overall majority

  • The Scottish Conservatives beat Labour into second place

  • Scottish Greens overtake Liberal Democrats

  • Green candidate Ross Greer, 21, becomes youngest MSP

  • UKIP fails to win a seat at Holyrood

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  1. SNP lose majority at Holyrood despite their vote share going up in constituencies

    The SNP has won a historic third term at Holyrood in an election that saw the Labour vote collapse.

    However, the nationalists fell short of an overall majority despite their vote share going up.

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    The SNP took 63 seats, leaving them two short of an overall majority.

    They won more constituencies, but the corrective voting system in Scotland means they take fewer regional seats and fewer overall.

    The big losers were Labour who slipped to third.

    The Conservatives, once seen as toxic in Scotland, will now be the biggest party of opposition at Holyrood.

    They had been relying on the PR vote for their numbers but unexpectedly took seats across the country, including Edinburgh Central where the Scottish Parliament sits.

  2. 'Just Like Nat' - How the Scottish newspapers covered election night

    As the counts got underway in the Holyrood election last night, the Scottish papers predicted an SNP victory. 

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    And there was little change as updated editions were published through the night.   

    Read more here. 

  3. Scottish Labour leader says she is 'heartbroken' party beaten into third place by the Tories

    Kezia Dugdale said that after last May's result when Scottish Labour lost all but one of their MPs from Scotland that the election "was always going to be tough for the Scottish Labour Party".

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    She insisted she would remain as leader adding: "I am proud that our campaign rose to the challenge of offering an alternative vision of what could be done in our new, more powerful parliament."

    With the constitution now the dominant issue in Scottish politics, she said her "determination to try to move the Scottish debate on" from the arguments of the 2014 independence referendum had cost Labour votes.

  4. The SNP win a historic third term but did you get the result you wanted?

    Kaye Adams programme

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    Listen to the programme live here.

  5. Nigel Farage: 'Scotland has not been a success for us'

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    The Ukip leader made his comments after his party struggled to win little more than 2% of the vote in Scotland

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    Scotland is very, very difficult. The Conservatives have been resurgent in Scotland and have taken that unionist vote. Scotland has not been a success for us, but Wales is a big success.

  6. David Cameron congratulates Ruth Davidson on 'historic result' in Scotland

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  7. Brian Taylor: Ruth Davidson's 'incredible grin' is the abiding image of election night

    Brian Taylor
    BBC Scotland Political Editor

    Speaking on BBC Scotland Election 2016 programme, political editor Brian Taylor said: "The abiding image of the campaign is Willie Rennie and the pigs. 

    "The abiding image of tonight's election result is that incredible grin on the face of Ruth Davidson. 

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    "She advised the candidates when she launched the manifesto - 'Smile until your jaws ache'. 

    "She didn't have to put it on tonight - she meant it."

  8. The Scottish Green Party overtake the Lib Dems, becoming Holyrood's fourth party

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  9. All 129 seats declared - SNP win, Labour beaten into third place, Liberal Democrats come fifth
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  10. Total seats: SNP 63, Conservative 31, Labour 24, Greens 6, Liberal Democrats 5

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    Final list results in North East vote: Conservatives four seats, Labour two seats and Liberal Democrats one seat

  11. SNP fail to win majority at Holyrood as final result comes in
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  12. 'A pretty decent mandate' for the SNP manifesto - Stewart Hosie

    The SNP's deputy leader, Stewart Hosie, admitted the party were unlikely to claim a majority. 

    But he said they had won more seats than Labour and the Conservatives in the both the constituency and list votes. 

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    "We have not got an overall majority, I think that is absolutely clear," he said. 

    "There's a pretty decent mandate for that manifesto though. 

    "I wouldn't be at all surprised if Nicola tried to press on and get as much of that detailed manifesto delivered as possible, given the strength of support."

  13. 'If Labour can't do well in Scotland it will be very difficult for them to win across UK'

    Laura Kuenssberg
    BBC political editor

    For an opposition party to win a general election it needs to be winning hundreds of seats not just holding on. But it has averted disaster enough to stop an all out attack on the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.

  14. Environment minister Aileen McLeod fails to win list seat

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  15. Recount under way at Aberdeen Donside amid claims relative of Labour candidate was counting votes

    A partial recount is being carried out of regional list votes from Aberdeen Donside.

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    The deputy returning officer Crawford Langley said it was in the interests of fairness after complaints about a possible conflict of interest involving a member of staff.

    He said there was no reason to believe there was any substance to the complaint.

    The allegations from the SNP centred on claims that a relative of labour candidate Lewis Macdonald was involved in the count.

  16. SNP 'unlikely' to secure two seats required to gain overall majority at Holyrood

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  17. South Scotland List: SNP three seats, Conservatives two and Labour one

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  18. SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie: 'The SNP will work with other parties'

    Reacting to the BBC's assessment that the SNP would fail to get an overall majority deputy leader Stewart Hosie said the party was willing to work with others in the parliament. 

    "To win a minority with this system in the first place is hard; to try and repeat that is extremely difficult indeed," he said.

    "Now if it moves to a minority government situation, I am sure two things will happen - one is the SNP will work with other parties in order to make sure legislation gets through. 

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    "But of course more importantly, much of what government does doesn't require legislation, it requires a different sort of action and decision-making and I think we saw that in the 2007 government extremely well indeed. 

    "Lets just see what the final numbers look like. I think they're going to be pretty close to this."

  19. 'Very good result' for SNP despite predictions they will fail to secure overall majority - Brian Taylor

    BBC Scotland political editor

    Brian Taylor
    BBC Scotland Political Editor

    The final constituency is in - and it goes to the SNP. But still the firm forecast is that they will fall short of an overall majority. Very good result for them, nevertheless, bearing in mind that voting system is designed to constrain majorities of seats on popular minorities.

  20. Political map of Scotland as all constituencies declared in Scottish election 2016

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