Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament

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Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament are the electoral divisions used to elect Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) to represent specific geographic areas in Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral district system
political division
administeredBy Electoral Commission (United Kingdom) NERFINISHED
appliesToElectionType devolved legislature elections
appliesToJurisdiction Scotland
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for Scotland NERFINISHED
changedBy boundary reviews implemented in 2011
combinedWith electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament
contributesTo additional member system
country United Kingdom
createdBy Scotland Act 1998 NERFINISHED
distinctFrom UK local government wards
Westminster constituencies in Scotland
eachElects one MSP
electoralRollType Scottish Parliament electoral register
electoralSystemUsed first past the post
electoralTier constituency tier
elects Members of the Scottish Parliament
governingBody Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED
governingLaw Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 NERFINISHED
governsRepresentationOf rural areas in Scotland
urban areas in Scotland
hasAbbreviation Holyrood constituencies NERFINISHED
hasElectoralCycle normally every five years
hasElectoralMethod single-member constituencies
hasFeature fixed number of MSPs per constituency
hasLanguage English
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
hasLegalBasis primary legislation of the UK Parliament
hasLevel subnational
hasNumberOfConstituencies 73
hasScope territory of Scotland only
hasVotingAge 16 for Scottish Parliament elections
inception 1999
legislatureServed Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED
mapsTo Scottish Parliament electoral regions for proportional representation NERFINISHED
partOf Scottish Parliament electoral system
relatedConcept constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
local government electoral wards in Scotland
relatedTo Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
representationPrinciple geographic representation
subjectTo periodic boundary reviews
typeOfVoters registered electors in Scotland
usedFor election of Members of the Scottish Parliament
representation of geographic areas in Scotland
usedIn Scottish Parliament by-elections NERFINISHED
Scottish Parliament general elections NERFINISHED

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Scotland electoral regions group Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
this entity surface form: Scottish Parliament constituencies
North East Fife hasCategory Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament, includes Govan area) isPartOfSystem Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
this entity surface form: Scottish Parliament constituencies
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament) mapEntity Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
subject surface form: Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)
this entity surface form: Scottish Parliament constituencies
Edinburgh Pentlands partOf Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
this entity surface form: Scottish Parliament constituencies
BCS scopeOfWork Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament
subject surface form: Boundary Commission for Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions