The Scottish National Party (SNP) won 64 seats in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, meaning they are the largest party in the Scottish Parliament for the fourth consecutive election. The SNP won one more seat than they did in the previous election in 2016, with the second-largest party being the Conservative party, on 31 seats, and the Labour party winning 22.
Number of seats won in Scottish Parliamentary elections from 1999 to 2021, by party
Characteristic
SNP
Labour
Conservatives
Liberal Democrats
Green Party
Other
1999
35
56
18
17
1
2
2003
27
50
18
17
7
10
2007
47
46
17
16
2
0
2011
69
37
15
5
2
1
2016
63
24
31
5
6
0
2021
64
22
31
4
8
0
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BBC, & Scottish Parliament. (May 10, 2021). Number of seats won in Scottish Parliamentary elections from 1999 to 2021, by party [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/283880/uk-scottish-parliamentary-election-results/
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BBC, and Scottish Parliament. "Number of Seats Won in Scottish Parliamentary Elections from 1999 to 2021, by Party." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/283880/uk-scottish-parliamentary-election-results/
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Number of seats won in Scottish Parliamentary elections from 1999 to 2021, by party [Graph], BBC, & Scottish Parliament, May 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/283880/uk-scottish-parliamentary-election-results/
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