64 seats in the Scottish Parliament, which falls
just one seat short of a majority, marking a slight increase even over 2016, which ensures a legal and constitutional battle for the future of the United Kingdom will be sparked once again.
Given that the pro-independence Scottish Greens also made huge gains in what s widely considered their best performance ever, the
result is a firm pro-independence majority.
An independence referendum was pledged in the manifesto of both the SNP and the Scottish Greens, and Ms Sturgeon declared: It is a commitment made to the people by a majority of the MSPs have been elected to our national parliament.
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Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is forecast to miss out on the overall majority she hoped for in parliamentary elections but the broader pro-independence movement will still hold power, according to the BBC’s forecasts.