Scottish Parliament elections

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election parliamentary election subnational election

Scottish Parliament elections are the regular democratic contests in which voters in Scotland choose Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) to represent them in the devolved legislature.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Scottish Parliament elections canonical 8
1999 Scottish Parliament election 1
2011 Scottish Parliament election 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
subnational election ⓘ
administrationLevel devolved legislature ⓘ
allowsCoalitionGovernments true ⓘ
allowsMinorityGovernments true ⓘ
ballotStructure two separate votes ⓘ
constituencyMSPsElected 73 ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
electoralCommissionOversight UK Electoral Commission ⓘ
surface form: Electoral Commission
electoralRegisterType local government electoral register for Scotland ⓘ
elects Members of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
firstElection Scottish Parliament election, 1999 ⓘ
surface form: 1999 Scottish Parliament election
firstElectionDate 1999 ⓘ
franchiseIncludes British citizens resident in Scotland ⓘ
EU citizens resident in Scotland ⓘ
qualifying foreign nationals resident in Scotland ⓘ
registered residents of Scotland ⓘ
governingBodyFormed Scottish Government ⓘ
hasComponent constituency vote ⓘ
regional list vote ⓘ
headOfGovernmentSelected First Minister of Scotland ⓘ
legalBasis Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ
Scotland Act 2012 ⓘ
Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020 ⓘ
legislatureElected Scottish Parliament ⓘ
location Holyrood area of Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Holyrood, Edinburgh
mainPartiesParticipating Unionist Party (Scotland) ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Green Party ⓘ
Scottish Labour Party ⓘ
Liberal Democrats ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Liberal Democrats

Scottish National Party ⓘ
minimumVotingAge 16 ⓘ
mostRecentElection 2021 Scottish Parliament election ⓘ
nextScheduledElection 2026 Scottish Parliament election ⓘ
numberOfConstituencies 73 ⓘ
numberOfMSPsElected 129 ⓘ
numberOfRegions 8 ⓘ
previousMinimumVotingAge 18 ⓘ
regionalMSPsElected 56 ⓘ
regionalSeatAllocationMethod d’Hondt method ⓘ
surface form: D'Hondt method
regularity every five years ⓘ
shortName Scottish Parliament elections self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Holyrood elections
termLength 5 years ⓘ
uses multi-member electoral regions ⓘ
single-member constituencies ⓘ
votingAgeLoweredBy Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act 2015 ⓘ
votingSystem Mixed-Member Proportional ⓘ
surface form: Additional Member System

mixed-member proportional representation ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scotland Act 2016 → hasSectionOn → Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ
Angus South → createdFor → Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ
Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region) → partOf → Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Parliament electoral system
Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region) → usedFor → Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ
Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency) → createdFor → Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Parliament election
Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency) → jurisdiction → Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ
Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency) → establishedFor → Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1999 Scottish Parliament election
Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency) → hasBoundaryChange → Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2011 Scottish Parliament election
Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region) → governmentalJurisdiction → Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ
Edinburgh Pentlands → usedIn → Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ
SNP logo with yellow background and black thistle knot → usedIn → Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ
Scottish Parliament elections → shortName → Scottish Parliament elections self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holyrood elections
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Scottish Parliament) → usedFor → Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ
subject surface form: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Scottish Parliament constituency)