Of the 73 first-past-the-post seats, 48 were declared on Friday and one has been announced so far today.

The remaining 24 to be announced include:

• Aberdeen South & North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire West, Almond Valley, Angus South
• Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley, Clydesdale, Cumbernauld & Kilsyth, Dundee City East
• Dunfermline, East Kilbride, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern & Leith
• Edinburgh Pentlands, Falkirk West, Galloway & West Dumfries, Glasgow Cathcart
• Glasgow Kelvin, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Shettleston, Mid Fife & Glenrothes
• Midlothian South, Tweeddale & Lauderdale; Perthshire South & Kinross-shire
• Renfrewshire South; Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Uddingston & Bellshill

For the full list of counts across Scotland, click this link.

The local contest that could be a national cliffhangerpublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

11:48 BST 8 May 2021

Philip Sim
BBC Scotland political correspondent

Aberdeenshire West is a fascinating local contest which - in terms of a Holyrood majority - it could all come down to.

It swung from the SNP to the Tories in 2016 by a margin of 900 votes, but has a rather different profile to other north-east seats where the Conservatives have done well, like Banffshire.

The Tory vote has been up across the north-east constituencies in general so far, but that was in SNP-held seats where there was an obvious tactical voting opportunity.

SNP incumbents are doing better than new faces for the most part too, but there is very little in the way of patterns to read from.

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Will it all come down to tactical unionist votes, like in other parts of the country?

If so, it might be all about local Lib Dem supporters. They took 20% of the vote last time out, and their candidate this time is Rosemary Bruce, wife of Aberdeenshire institution and MP Malcolm.

And for those asking when it might declare - the current prediction is late afternoon, and I would not be surprised on past form if that slipped.

Good Morning Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland

SNP MSP Kate Forbes has claimed Boris Johnson is "scared of the result" from the Holyrood election.

The prime minister has reiterated his opposition to a second independence referendum but Ms Forbes told BBC's Good Morning Scotland this was unsustainable.

She said: "Boris Johnson will continue to say no because he doesn’t like the result but I know a lot of people who support the Union know that this is unsustainable.

"It is undemocratic and fundamentally changes the Union from one based on consent to one only based on the force of law."

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Indyref2 wrangle could end up in courtpublished at 11:10 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

11:10 BST 8 May 2021

Glenn Campbell
BBC Scotland Political Editor

This election has a long way to go, with a further 24 constituencies and all 56 regional list seats still to declare.

While the SNP is on course to finish as the largest party, there are only limited opportunities left for them to do so with an overall majority.

To achieve that they really need to hold all they have and pick up an additional constituency seat like Aberdeenshire West, where the Conservatives are defending a majority of 900 votes.

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There is also a possible pathway if they do better than expected on the regional lists which are very hard to predict because of the proportional voting system.

If the SNP fall short of that outright majority, they could enter a fourth term in office as a minority government (as they are now) or seek a more formal arrangement with another party - most likely the Greens.

Together, the SNP and the Greens will almost certainly have a pro-independence majority at Holyrood - committed to holding another referendum that the UK government seems determined to resist.

A big wrangle over indyref2 is coming and it could end up in the UK Supreme Court.

The SNP's Gillian Martin has held Aberdeenshire East with a reduced majority of 1,889 over the Scottish Conservatives who increased their vote share by 11%.

The Lib Dems were third with a 10% in drop in their vote share compared with 2016.

Voting showed a swing of 6.1% from the SNP to the Tories.

Turnout was 64%, up 8.7%.

Full results here

BBC Breakfast

In Scotland, first time voter Grace Deveney says she decided to vote Labour, despite being pro-independence.

She says Labour's policies clinched it for her, especially over education and giving the Covid vaccine to teachers.

But speaking in Gourock, she praises the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon as "such a good influence to young girls".

"It wasn't a fact of not agreeing with the SNP's policies", she says, "it was just that I liked Labour's a wee bit more".

Meanwhile, childminder Susannah Knox, who supports the SNP, says she "stumbled slightly" when deciding who to vote for this year.

After feeling her job had been marginalised over the past year, she says she had second thoughts on backing the SNP.

"But then when I looked at the wider picture for Scotland, and what I want for my daughter... I want it to be a free and independent Scotland," she says.

She ended up voting for the SNP as "validation" for how they dealt with the pandemic "on the whole", and says she thinks the referendum is a different issue - "you'll have a vote in the referendum and then you can decide".

As a second day is spent counting votes, you can use our postcode checker to find the results in your area.

And you can find our interactive at-a-glance results here.

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The SNP's Richard Lochhead has said he is no longer self-isolating after his son returned a negative test for Covid.

Mr Lochhead was unable to attend the count when he was re-elected as MSP for Moray on Friday.

But he announced on Saturday morning that he would be back for today's regional list count.

Mr Lochhead tweeted, external: "Wow! Covid PCR test result for my son back in less than 24hrs. It’s negative. My voluntary self-isolation now over. Look out @moraysnp, external team, I’m on my way to election count at the @MoraySports, external to see how our list votes are doing. Thank u our amazing NHS! @NHSGrampian, external@theSNP, external."

Good Morning Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland

Labour MSP Daniel Johnson has hit out at the Scottish Conservatives' anti-independence messaging.

The Edinburgh Southern MSP claimed the party had "created quite a toxic environment" for those on the pro-Union side.

He told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland: "Right through the last few years they’ve been very quick to accuse others of betrayal or weakness when actually we were just trying to draw out the complexities of issues."

Mr Johnson, re-elected to Holyrood with an increased majority, said those against independence had to "re-examine the way we make our arguments".

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BBC Breakfast

UK government minister George Eustice has said it is the wrong time to have "yet another divisive referendum" on Scottish independence.

The environment secretary was reacting to the SNP insisting that a majority of pro-independence MSPs at Holyrood would be a mandate for indyref2.

Mr Eustice said the 2014 referendum was the once-in-a-generation time to vote on the Union and the country does not need "another bout of constitutional argument on a matter such as this".

He said: "Let’s see how the results pan out today. It’s questionable at the moment whether the SNP will get a majority or not.

"We are a party and government that believes passionately in the Union.

"The UK government’s position is very clear on this. We don’t think there’s a case for another referendum – particularly now as we try to chart a way out of the pandemic and get our economy going again.

"We will obviously deal with whatever we have to deal with once these elections are settled and once the new Scottish administration decides what it wants to do."

A 'remote chance' of an SNP majoritypublished at 09:37 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

09:37 BST 8 May 2021

Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expert

There is still a chance the SNP could get an overall majority but in truth it’s a remote chance.

It rests on whether or not the SNP can pick up Galloway and Aberdeenshire West – two Conservative-held marginal seats. Those do look like more of a long shot.

And it also depends whether or not they can pick up a couple of list seats – one in the Highlands and one in the south of Scotland.

But they would need to get at least three of those four seats, and on the evidence of what we’ve seen so far they will be lucky to make it.

So we’re probably not looking at an SNP overall majority.

But there will be a majority of pro-independence MSPs – the SNP and the Greens in combination.

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One of the ironies of the result is that perhaps one of the reasons the SNP are not going to get an overall majority is because - despite the claims from unionist parties that voters were much more concerned about the pandemic - actually these results reveal the extent to which voters were concerned about the constitutional question.

One way that was realised was the extent of tactical voting, particularly in those seats that both Conservative and Labour were defending.

There is pretty clear evidence that where the Conservatives have been lying third they switched to Labour, and equally, where Labour was lying third they switched to the Conservatives.

This is also going to be a record high turnout for a Scottish Parliament election.

So I think we can take away first, that Scotland’s voters on both sides of the argument really are concerned about the constitutional question.

And secondly, probably when all the votes are counted it’s going to underline that this country is pretty much evenly divided between supporters of independence and supporters of the union.

Good Morning Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland

The Scottish Conservatives are on course to finish in second place behind the SNP, Murdo Fraser has claimed.

The veteran politician told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland: "Early indications are we have polled very strongly in terms of the regional vote and I suspect that will mean we will come back very close to where we were in 2016."

Asked if that meant they would finish second ahead of Labour, he said: "I don’t think there’s any doubt about that”.

Mr Fraser, who is hoping to be elected to Holyrood on the Mid Scotland and Fife list for the Tories, said "now is not the time" to rerun the Scottish independence debate, claiming that people "want to see a focus on rebuilding after Covid."

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There's only one topic dominating Scotland's newspapers this morning - the election.

An SNP majority is "on a knife edge", "unlikely", and "down to the margins", they report.

Read more here.

BBC Scotland will bring you comprehensive results coverage across online, social media, TV and radio.

We will be broadcasting from locations around the country once the final counts get under way at 09:00.

As well as reporting every declaration, we will bring you analysis, background, reaction and debate.

Election 2021 Scotland will be on air from 12:00 until 19:15 on BBC One Scotland.

BBC Radio Scotland is currently broadcasting a Good Morning Scotland election programme before switching to its full election coverage from 12:00 until 19:00.

Read more about the BBC coverage here.

Swinney 'daring' UK government to court challenge over referendum bidpublished at 08:56 British Summer Time 8 May 2021

08:56 BST 8 May 2021

Nick Eardley
Political correspondent

The SNP’s John Swinney has been on the broadcast round this morning. He’s not quite giving up on a majority - telling the BBC it’s going to be “incredibly close”. He’s right - it could come down to one seat.

But it’s not just about the SNP. The Scottish Greens are likely to pick up a few seats this afternoon, on the regional list, which means there will be a pro-independence majority in Holyrood. Mr Swinney is adamant that is a mandate for indyref2.

So what next? Boris Johnson has again told the Telegraph this morning he thinks a referendum would be a bad idea. He plans to block it. That will infuriate independence supporters – Mr Swinney said this morning that the prime minister must accept “democracy in Scotland”.

But he confirmed the SNP intend to go ahead with legislating for a referendum at Holyrood – then daring the UK government to challenge them in court. The UK government will almost certainly do that – setting up a legal showdown down the road.

Nicola Sturgeon has ruled out a wildcat – or illegal referendum. I don’t think she would go ahead with a vote that wasn’t seen as legitimate internationally. But this story is going to continue to be a big part of Scottish and UK politics in the coming years

BBC Breakfast

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SNP deputy leader John Swinney has insisted Boris Johnson must accept the result of the election will be a mandate for a second Scottish independence referendum.

Mr Johnson has told The Daily Telegraph it would be "irresponsible" and "reckless" to hold indyref2.

But Mr Swinney said the prime minister had to "support democracy in Scotland".

He said: "What we will find, I think, at the conclusion of polling day is that there will be a majority of members elected to the Scottish Parliament who will be committed to the hosting of an independence referendum.

"That's a fundamental democratic point. That's what the people of Scotland will have voted for.

"Boris Johnson should just accept democracy in Scotland - accept the fact that people in Scotland will have voted for that policy position to be taken forward after we have dealt with the immediacy of Covid.

"And Boris Johnson should support us in that process."

The swings have been all over the place but there is evidence of tactical voting in the Holyrood vote, according to Professor Sir John Curtice.

The academic says tactical voting has been strongest in seats that the unionist parties were trying to defend and played a key role in enabling a number of marginal opposition-held seats, such has Dumbarton, to be successfully defended.

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In these most unusual times, counting for this Scottish Parliament election is taking place over two days.

Here are the key results and developments from Friday.

• Three seats changed hands - all of them won by the SNP. With 48 seats declared, the SNP have 39 MSPs, the Lib Dems four, the Conservatives three and Labour has two.

• The SNP's hopes of an overall majority were dealt a blow late in the day when Scottish Labour's Jackie Baillie held on to the most marginal constituency, Dumbarton, with an increased majority of 1,483.

• Former Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw increased his majority in Eastwood - another target seat for the SNP - as did Oliver Mundell in Dumfriesshire.
• It seems the Greens are polling about 7% and Alba about 2% from the list results. Alba leader Alex Salmond conceded his party may not return any MSPs
• Nicola Sturgeon was returned in Glasgow Southside with a comfortable majority. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar came second, but he boosted Labour's share of the vote by 8.5%
• The Scottish Lib Dems retained all four of their constituency seats. Leader Willie Rennie increased his majority in North East Fife, as did Alex Cole-Hamilton in Edinburgh Western.

Results have been counted at 48 of Scotland's 73 constituency seats so far.

The clear winner to date is the SNP which has not lost any of the seats it won at the last election and gained three of its targets.

The SNP are sitting on 39 constituency seats but the crucial number at Holyrood is 65 - the number of seats it takes to win a majority.