Vote Book Scotland: Holyrood 73 Constituencies, 8 Regions & Party Guide

Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) Election Results & Calendar

The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) in Edinburgh consists of 129 MSPs elected for five-year terms under the Additional Member System (AMS): 73 constituency MSPs and 56 regional list MSPs (7 in each of Scotland's 8 electoral regions). Below are the official May 2026 Session 7 election results (parliament.scot) and upcoming Scottish election dates.

Party	Constituency MSPs (73)	Regional List MSPs (56)	Total MSPs (129)	Constituency Vote %	Regional Vote %
Scottish National Party (SNP)	57	1	58	34.5%	27.2%
Scottish Labour Party	3	14	17	19.2%	16.0%
Reform UK Scotland	0	17	17	15.8%	16.6%
Scottish Green Party	2	13	15	2.3%	14.0%
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	4	8	12	12.8%	11.8%
Scottish Liberal Democrats	7	3	10	11.3%	9.4%
Alba Party	0	0	0	—	1.6%

Scottish Election Dates

Date	Election
Thursday 7 May 2026 (Session 7)	Scottish Parliament General Election — 129 MSPs elected (73 constituency MSPs + 56 regional list MSPs across 8 regions)
Thursday 6 May 2027	Scottish Local Council Elections — all 32 Scottish local authorities elected by Single Transferable Vote (STV)
Due by August 2029	Next UK General Election — 57 Scottish Westminster constituencies (see Vote Book UK)
Thursday 7 May 2031	Next scheduled Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) General Election (Session 8)

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How Scotland's Two-Vote Additional Member System (AMS) Works

Vote 1 — Constituency Ballot (Lilac paper): You mark one X for a candidate to represent one of Scotland's 73 single-member constituencies, elected by First Past the Post.
Vote 2 — Regional List Ballot (Peach paper): You mark one X for a political party (or independent regional candidate) in one of Scotland's 8 electoral regions. Each region elects 7 regional MSPs using the D'Hondt proportional formula, dividing each party's regional votes by 1 + seats already won (constituency + list) so total seats more closely reflect overall support.
Westminster vs. Holyrood: Scotland also elects 57 MPs to the UK House of Commons at Westminster using First Past the Post — view all 57 Scottish Westminster constituencies on Vote Book UK →.

Scottish political parties & leaders in their own words

Scottish National Party (SNP) — John Swinney (First Minister of Scotland; MSP for Perthshire North) (Largest party in the Scottish Parliament (58 MSPs: 57 constituency, 1 regional list); governing party of Scotland)

Scottish Labour Party — Anas Sarwar (Leader; Glasgow Regional List MSP) (Joint second-largest party in the Scottish Parliament (17 MSPs: 3 constituency, 14 regional list))

Reform UK Scotland — Nigel Farage (UK Leader); Malcolm Offord & Thomas Kerr (Holyrood MSPs) (Joint second-largest party in the Scottish Parliament (17 MSPs: 0 constituency, 17 regional list))

Scottish Green Party — Gillian Mackay & Ross Greer (Co-Leaders); Patrick Harvie & Lorna Slater (Fourth-largest party in the Scottish Parliament (15 MSPs: 2 constituency, 13 regional list))

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party — Russell Findlay (Leader; West Scotland Regional List MSP) (Fifth-largest party in the Scottish Parliament (12 MSPs: 4 constituency, 8 regional list))

Scottish Liberal Democrats — Alex Cole-Hamilton (Leader; MSP for Edinburgh North Western) (Sixth party in the Scottish Parliament (10 MSPs: 7 constituency, 3 regional list))

Alba Party — Kenny MacAskill (Leader); Neale Hanvey (Deputy Leader) (Pro-independence party contesting Scottish Parliament regional lists)

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