Scottish Parliament Election 2021: When will we get the results?

Find out when your constituency will declare the result.

Published 7th May 2021

Votes will begin being counted in the Scottish Parliament Election from 9am on Friday 7th May 2021.

There are 73 constituencies and eight regional seats up for grabs. A total of 129 MSPs will be elected.

But unlike previous years, counting will take place across two days because of coronavirus restrictions. Social distancing will be mandatory, as will face coverings and hand hygiene.

The majority of the results are expected to be declared at local count centres on Friday 7th May with the remaining seats announced Saturday 8th May.

Below is a list of which constituency will be declared on each day and any estimated times provided.

Friday 7th May 2021

Aberdeen Central

Aberdeen Donside

Aberdeenshire East

Airdrie & Shotts (12pm)

Angus North & Mearns (3.30pm)

Argyll & Bute (5pm)

Ayr (4pm)

Banffshire & Buchan Coast

Clackmannanshire & Dunblane (6pm)

Clydebank & Milngavie

Coatbridge & Chryston (12pm)

Cowdenbeath (1pm)

Cunninghame North (4pm)

Cunninghame South(4pm)

Dumbarton

Dundee City West

East Lothian

Eastwood (4pm)

Edinburgh Central

Edinburgh Southern

Edinburgh Western

Ettrick, Roxburgh & Berwickshire (6.30pm)

Falkirk East

Fife North East (4pm)

Glasgow Anniesland

Glasgow Maryhill & Springburn

Glasgow Pollo

Glasgow Southside

Greenock & Inverclyde

Hamilton

Larkhall & Stonehouse

Inverness & Nairn (7pm)

Kilmarnock &Irvine Valley (5pm)

Kirkcaldy (1pm)

Linlithgow

Midlothian North & Musselburgh (5.30pm)

Moray

Motherwell & Wishaw

Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Orkney Islands

Paisley (6pm)

Perthshire North

Renfrewshire North & West

Rutherglen

Shetland Islands

Stirling

Strathkelvin & Bearsden

Saturday 8th May 2021

Aberdeen South & Kincardine North

Aberdeenshire West

Almond Valley

Angus South

Caithness

Sutherland & Ross

Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley (5pm)

Clydesdale

Cumbernauld & Kilsyth

Dumfriesshire

Dundee City East

Dunfermline (1pm)

East Kilbride

Edinburgh Eastern

Edinburgh Northern & Leith

Edinburgh Pentlands

Falkirk West

Fife Mid & Glenrothes (1pm)

Galloway & Dumfries West

Glasgow Cathcart

Glasgow Kelvin

Glasgow Provan

Glasgow Shettleston

Midlothian South

Tweeddale & Lauderdale (6.30pm)

Perthshire South & Kinross-shire

Renfrewshire South (3pm)

Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch

Uddingston & Bellshill

Results from the eight regional PR top-up seats are expected on Saturday night, with Scotland Mid & Fife possibly around 6pm, and Scotland West at 7pm.

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