BREAKING: First election results announced as SNP aim for majority

May 7, 2021

Good afternoon,

This is a breaking newsletter from The Scotsman.

The first Scottish election results are in.

Here we go! The first Holyrood election results are in.

Will the SNP secure the majority they desperately seek? Can Labour overtake the Conservatives to become Scotland's biggest opposition party? What's happening in the battleground seats?

It's one of the biggest votes in Scotland's history, as voter turnout looks set to smash previous records.

We'll be updating our website and LIVE blog all day as results are declared. There's no better place to follow the Scottish election.

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