{"id":572143,"date":"2026-05-08T01:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/572143\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T01:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:51:09","slug":"polls-close-in-scottish-parliament-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/572143\/","title":{"rendered":"Polls close\u00a0in Scottish Parliament election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Polls have closed in the Scottish Parliament\u00a0election as the wait to find out who voters have elected begins.<\/p>\n<p>There are 73 constituency seats at Holyrood elected by the first-past-the-post method, and eight electoral regions, each of which sends an additional seven members to the Parliament based on a form of proportional voting.<\/p>\n<p>Boundary changes introduced at this year\u2019s\u00a0election\u00a0mean that while some seats are unchanged, others have disappeared, been renamed, changed shape or are brand new, although there will still be 129 seats at Holyrood.<\/p>\n<p>People across Scotland cast their votes on Thursday but there will be no results overnight. The first are expected to be declared early on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Estimated declaration times have been compiled by the Press Association, but all are approximate and can be affected by issues such as delays in verifying and counting ballots, or by recounts, as well as turnout.<\/p>\n<p>The list is organised alphabetically, and all timings relate to Friday, May 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Aberdeen Central 3.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Aberdeen Deeside &amp; North Kincardine 3.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Aberdeen Donside 3.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Aberdeenshire East 3.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Aberdeenshire West 3.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Airdrie 12pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Almond Valley 2pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Angus North &amp; Mearns 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Angus South 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Argyll &amp; Bute 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Ayr 1pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Banffshire &amp; Buchan Coast 3.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Bathgate 2pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Caithness, Sutherland &amp; Ross 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Carrick, Cumnock &amp; Doon Valley 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Clackmannanshire &amp; Dunblane 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Clydebank &amp; Milngavie 5pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Clydesdale 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Coatbridge &amp; Chryston 1pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Cowdenbeath 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Cumbernauld &amp; Kilsyth 2pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Cunninghame North 2.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Cunninghame South 2.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Dumbarton 5pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Dumfriesshire 3.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Dundee City East 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Dundee City West 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Dunfermline 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 East Kilbride 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 East Lothian Coast &amp; Lammermuirs 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Eastwood 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Edinburgh Central 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh &amp; Tranent 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Edinburgh North Eastern &amp; Leith 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Edinburgh Northern 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Edinburgh North Western 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Edinburgh Southern 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Edinburgh South Western 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Ettrick, Roxburgh &amp; Berwickshire 4.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Falkirk East &amp; Linlithgow 4.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Falkirk West 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Fife Mid &amp; Glenrothes 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Fife North East 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Galloway &amp; Dumfries West 3.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Glasgow Anniesland 2.15pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Glasgow Baillieston &amp; Shettleston 2.45pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Glasgow Cathcart &amp; Pollock 3.45pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Glasgow Central 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Glasgow Easterhouse &amp; Springburn 2.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Glasgow Kelvin &amp; Maryhill 3.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Glasgow Southside 3.15pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Hamilton, Larkhall &amp; Stonehouse 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Inverclyde 4.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Inverness &amp; Nairn 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Kilmarnock &amp; Irvine Valley 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Kirkcaldy 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Midlothian North 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Midlothian South, Tweeddale &amp; Lauderdale 4.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Moray 2pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Motherwell &amp; Wishaw 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Na h-Eileanan an Iar 1.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Orkney Islands 2.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Paisley 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Perthshire North 2pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Perthshire South &amp; Kinross-shire 2pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Renfrewshire North &amp; Cardonald 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Renfrewshire West &amp; Levern Valley 3pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Rutherglen &amp; Cambuslang 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Shetland Islands 2.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Skye, Lochaber &amp; Badenoch 6.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Stirling 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Strathkelvin &amp; Bearsden 2pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Uddingston &amp; Bellshill 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Edinburgh &amp; Lothians East 6pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Glasgow 4.15pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Highlands &amp; Islands 7pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Scotland Central &amp; Lothians West 5pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Scotland Mid &amp; Fife 5.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Scotland North East 3.30pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Scotland South 4pm<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Scotland West 4pm<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Polls have closed in the Scottish Parliament\u00a0election as the wait to find out who voters have elected begins.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-572143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}