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No extraordinary general elections have been held to date. Any extraordinary general elections would be in addition to ordinary general elections, unless held less than six months before the due date of an ordinary general election, in which case they supplant it. The subsequent ordinary general
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within certain time limits, irrespective of whether at the beginning or in the middle of a parliamentary term. Therefore, if the First Minister resigned, Parliament would then have 28 days to elect a successor (s46(2)b and s46(3)a). If no new First Minister was elected then the Presiding Officer
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It does not necessarily require a two-thirds majority to precipitate an extraordinary general election, because under the Scotland Act Parliament is also dissolved if it fails to nominate one of its members to be
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do not have any constituencies where they require a swing of less than 5% (having gained their current seats from the regional list vote). The 7.55% swing the Scottish Greens need to gain
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The Second Review of constituency and regional boundaries began in September 2022 and is due to be completed by May 2025, with the view of being used in the next election in 2026.
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Under the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020, an ordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament would normally be held on the first Thursday in May five years after the
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is their nearest opportunity in terms of a constituency seat, in which the party finished second in the last Scottish Parliament election behind the SNP.
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would ask for Parliament to be dissolved under s3(1)a. This process could also be triggered if the First Minister lost a
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for each region. There are 8 regions, each sub-divided into smaller constituencies. There are a total of 73
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election reverts to the first Thursday in May, five years after the previous ordinary election.
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If Parliament itself resolves that it should be dissolved, with at least two-thirds of the
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List of Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions (2011–present)
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is expected to be held on Thursday 7 May 2026, to elect 129 members to the
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The date of the poll may be varied by up to one month either way by the
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The Scottish Parliament constituencies have not been coterminous with
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Members of Scottish Parliament not standing for re-election
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of less than 5% from the 2021 results to change hands. The
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Opinion polling for the next Scottish Parliament election
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Below are listed all the constituencies which require a
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BBC. 28 September 2009. 1454:Scottish Liberal Democrats 1387: 869:Galloway and West Dumfries 665: 590:Scottish Liberal Democrats 580:, led by their co-leaders 400:22 November 2008 (Harvie) 2598: 2570: 2322: 2014: 1961: 1888: 1838: 1671:"Revised Recommendations" 1301: 1298: 1295: 1292: 1289: 1262: 1238: 1208: 1184: 1154: 1129: 1104: 1079: 1054: 1029: 1004: 980: 950: 925: 900: 875: 848: 823: 798: 772: 740:Target constituency seats 619:, on the proposal of the 542:. It will be the seventh 497: 262: 86: 79: 68: 38: 26: 1504: 1226:Liberal Democrat targets 692:additional member system 1430:Scottish National Party 599: 551:Scottish National Party 1890:Parliament of Scotland 1530:www.legislation.gov.uk 1438:Scottish Conservatives 1412: 1400: 1149:Angus North and Mearns 562:Scottish Conservatives 1963:Convention of Estates 1617:. BBC. 2 April 2003. 1411: 1399: 727:2005 general election 70:All 129 seats to the 1494:Next Senedd election 968:Conservative targets 714:system. 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Index

2021
Scottish Parliament
Opinion polls
John Swinney - First Minister (53720492021) (cropped).jpg
Anas Sarwar MSP.jpg
John Swinney
Anas Sarwar
SNP
Conservative
Labour
6 May 2024
TBD
27 February 2021
Perthshire North
Glasgow
Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights Patrick Harvie (cropped).jpg
Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity Lorna Slater (cropped).jpg
Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP.jpg
Alex Salmond in 2022 (cropped).jpg
Patrick Harvie
Lorna Slater
Alex Cole-Hamilton
Alex Salmond
Scottish Green
Liberal Democrats
Alba
1 August 2019
20 August 2021
Lothian
Glasgow

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