It contains 22 parties or independent candidates for who you can state your preference. The list vote is the method that is supposed to balance out the support for each party and create a result that is more representative of the number of votes cast instead of winner takes all though the First Past the Post system used to count the constituency votes. The counting system means more seats you win on the first ballot the fewer you will win on the second. The SNP is looking for both votes and is on the paper with the description “Nicola Sturgeon for First Minister”.
Election 2021: candidates in Airdrie and Coatbridge seats
Voters will choose constituency representatives and regional list MSPs at Thursday s Holyrood election
North Lanarkshire has 117 voting venues for the 2021 Scottish Parliament election (Image: Contributed/Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser)
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Voters in the two Monklands seats will each see five candidates listed on their constituency ballot papers at Thursday’s Holyrood election.
Bristol mayoral Green candidate apologises and deletes charity endorsement Instagram post
Sandy Hore-Ruthven says it was simply an illustration of some of the work I have done in Bristol
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The Green Party’s Bristol mayoral candidate has apologised and removed a social media post after a charity complained it appeared to show its endorsement.
Mole Valley local election candidates 2021: Meet the people vying for your vote in May
Each district and county council candidate asking for your vote has been asked to sell themselves in 100 words
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There are 13 seats up for grabs on Mole Valley District Council (Image: Surrey Advertiser / Grahame Larter)
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image captionThe election will decide the make up of the 60-member Senedd
Wales political parties made their final pitches to voters on Wednesday as the Senedd election campaign came to a close.
Party leaders campaigned in key seats in north, south and mid Wales.
UK Conservative Chancellor Rishi Sunak visited Rhyl in north Wales while Labour leader Mark Drakeford headed to Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price focused on Llanelli while the Welsh Lib Dems Jane Dodds visited Ystradgynlais.
Voting will begin at 07:00 BST on Thursday, with counting not taking place until Friday because of the pandemic.