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In the Scottish election, 65 is the magic number for an overall majority at Holyrood. The only question is whether they can win big enough to secure an overall majority.  One caveat to this is turnout.  Scottish elections have a record of poor turnout. With us emerging from a pandemic and poor weather on the forecast, a lot of this projection could change if voters just don’t turn up.  How do the SNP think they've done as polls closed? However, the number of confirmed voters registered for Holyrood 2021 is 4,280,785 - a record high for Scottish Parliamentary elections. It's close to th...

Scottish Parliament election 2021: Key seats that could prove pivotal for the SNP We look at the marginal seats which could determine whether the nationalists secure an outright majority in the Holyrood election 6 May 2021 • 6:31pm Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton took Edinburgh Western seat from the SNP in 2016. This time around it has been heavily targeted by the SNP, which is represented by young activist Sarah Masson Credit: Anadolu Agency The final Scottish Parliament election result will not be known until Saturday afternoon or evening, with the count being split over two days than...

OVER the last two weeks our reporters have been travelling across Scotland, talking to candidates and voters in the tightest constituencies ahead of the May 6 election. Abbi Garton and Kathleen Nutt have been in seats including Ayr, Dumbarton, Edinburgh Central and Aberdeenshire West to find out what’s going on in the run-up to the crucial vote. Here are the top 10 battleground constituencies to keep an eye on as the results come in from Friday morning, in order of biggest to smallest majority. 10) Edinburgh Western (2016 win: Alex Cole-Hamilton, LibDems) Edinburgh Western may be a ...

Key seats which could prove pivotal in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election Ahead of the crucial Holyrood election, we explore the marginal seats which could determine whether the SNP secures an outright majority Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon campaigning in Dumfries on Monday Credit: REUTERS  Nicola Sturgeon is looking to extend her time as First Minister in this year's Scottish Parliament elections and is hoping to secure an outright majority to bolster her calls for a second independence referendum.  The elections, which take place on Thursday May 6 following a year's postp...

SCOTTISH Conservative leader Douglas Ross joined Eastwood candidate Jackson Carlaw on the campaign trail at the weekend. Mr Carlaw is hoping to retain the seat he won at the last Scottish Parliament election in 2016. And, with just days to go before Eastwood voters head to the polls to elect their MSP, Mr Ross paid a visit to Newton Mearns to show his support. Mr Ross said: “I was delighted to get out on the campaign trail with Jackson in the last week before polling day. “Jackson has been an outstanding constituency MSP for Eastwood over the last five years and I know he will c...