129Total seats
49.4%Turnout
50Labour seats
Result
1Scottish Labour50 seats
2Scottish National Party27 seats
3Scottish Conservatives18 seats
4Scottish Liberal Democrats17 seats
5Scottish Greens7 seats
6Scottish Socialist Party6 seats
7Independents2 seats
8Save Stobhill Hospital1 seat
9Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party1 seat
What happened in 2003?
Labour remained the largest party with 50 seats. The election also returned larger Green and Scottish Socialist groups than in 1999.
Scottish Parliament elections use the Additional Member System: 73 constituency MSPs are combined with 56 regional MSPs. The two ballots mean constituency and regional vote shares are separate measures.
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