Holyrood Election 2026: Results flooding in across the country

There is just one regional list left to declare: the Highlands and Islands.

It’s been over 12 hours since the ballot boxes were opened.

We’ve waiting this long, what’s an extra few minutes to find out the final total?

Malcolm Offord cut a lonely figure as he found out he had been elected as an MSP at Braehead Arena.

For those counting, that’s one seat to add to his total…

We are almost there as the penultimate regional list comes in…

• Reform: 3 SEATS
• Labour: 2 SEATS
• Greens: 1 SEAT
• Tories: 1 SEAT

• Labour – 2 SEATS
• Reform – 2 SEATS
• Greens – 2 SEATS
• Tories – 1 SEAT

After nearly 12 hours of counting, the first part is over.

Here’s how it stands:

• SNP – 57 SEATS
• Lib Dem – 7 SEATS
• Tories – 4 SEATS
• Labour – 3 SEATS
• Greens – 2 SEATS

Steven Bonnar takes Uddingston and Bellshill with 11,966 votes

The Lib Dems have Andrew Baxter elected in the seat vacated by deputy first minister Kate Forbes.

Baxter has been elected as the new MSP with 15,223 votes – about 1,000 more than the SNP candidate, Eilidh Munro.

Anas Sarwar returns to Holyrood on the Glasgow regional list. Whether he remains as Labour leader remains to be seen.

For the Greens, former leader Patrick Harvie is also heading back to the Scottish Parliament, while Reform’s Thomas Kerr graduates to MSP.