Scottish election 2021: Pictures from the count
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The SNP's Kaukab Stewart becomes the first woman of colour to be elected to the Scottish Parliament winning the Glasgow Kelvin seat
Tables are cleared away as counting draws to a close in Aberdeen
Scottish Conservative candidate Alexander Burnett celebrated winning the Aberdeenshire West seat
Candidates for Aberdeenshire West meet to hear the result for the seat
SNP candidate Gordon MacDonald gives an acceptance speech after holding his seat in Edinburgh Pentlands
A Freedom Alliance candidate at the count at Ingliston Highland Centre in Edinburgh
Conservative candidate Finlay Carson held his seat in Galloway and West Dumfries
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross arrived at a count in Inverness on Saturday
Two count staff examined a ballot paper in Inverness
Alba party leader Alex Salmond in Ellon as the vote continued to be counted
Votes being counted in the Inverness Leisure Hall in Inverness
The SNP's Gillian Martin celebrated winning the Aberdeenshire East seat, the first result declared on Saturday
Day two of the counting in at Glasgow's Emirates Arena got under way at 09:00 on Saturday
An election staff member sorts through the regional list ballot papers
On Friday SNP candidate Angus Robertson took the Edinburgh Central seat which had been held by former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson
Labour supporters wait in Aberdeen as ballot papers are counted
Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton and his wife Gillian visited a count in Edinburgh
The SNP's Humza Yousaf delivers his speech after retaining his Glasgow Pollok seat
Candidates in Ayr were summoned by the returning officer and gathered in anticipation of a declaration
Election agents watch over vote counting at Inverness Leisure Hall
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar arrived at a count as a candidate for Glasgow Southside
Peach ballot papers being tallied in Glasgow
Police and officials spoke to Liberal Party members wearing yellow stars after they confronted SNP candidate Humza Yousaf
The Citadel Leisure Centre was the counting venue in Ayr
The SNP's Kate Forbes visits the count at the Inverness Leisure Hall
Candidates and agents in Ayr verify spoilt ballots via video link
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon gave her acceptance speech after winning the Glasgow Southside
Food arrived at lunchtime for 300 count staff in Edinburgh
Counting staff carry hand sanitiser at the Ingliston Highland Centre in Edinburgh
Scottish Green co-leader Patrick Harvie arrived on bike at a count in Glasgow
Counting got under way in East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire at 09:00 on Friday
Alba party leader Alex Salmond watched counters getting ready to begin in Aberdeen
A busy scene at the count for Edinburgh Central
Each counter has been placed in front of a shield to reduce transmission of coronavirus
As part of this year's count, extra precautions have been put in place to prevent the spread of Covid, with bottles of hand sanitiser being handed out in Glasgow.
A staff member empties the ballot box at a count in Glasgow to get counting started this morning