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Scots Pairlament election, 2011
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The 2011 Scots Pairlament election wis held oan Thursday, 5 Mey 2011 tae wale 129 memmers tae the Scots Pairlament.
Quick Facts Aw 129 seats in the Scots Pairlament 65 seats needit for a majority, Turnoot ...
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Aw 129 seats in the Scots Pairlament 65 seats needit for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Constituency wunners o the election are shawn on the left, bi pairty colour. On the richt is adeetional memmers for regions, alsae bi pairty colour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election saw the first majority govrenment syne Halyruid appent, a unco thing seein as the Additional Memmer System uised tae wale MSPs wis ettelt tae hinder ony yin pairty winnin a majority.[1] The Scots National Pairty (SNP) wun a landslide o 69 seats, the maist the party has iver haudit at ony a Halyruid or Westminster election, latten leader Alex Salmond tae bide as First Meenister o Scotland fir a seicont term. The SNP eikit 32 constituencies, twenty-twa fae Scots Labour, nine fae the Scots Leeberal Democrats and yin fae the Scots Conservative an Unionist pairty.[2]