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SeatWatch: Scottish Parliament 2026

Pre-election projection

Final poll-driven projection (5 May 2026), two days before polls opened. See the final results for what actually happened.

Projected seats — 129 total

Majority requires 65.

SNP 61
Reform UK 20
Labour 19
Grn 13
LD 9
Con 7
Majority (65)
Party Constituency List Total
SNP 61 0 61
Reform UK 0 20 20
Labour 1 18 19
Green 2 11 13
Lib Dem 7 2 9
Conservative 2 5 7

Projected national vote share

Scotland-wide shares on each ballot. Constituencies elect 73 MSPs by first-past-the-post; the regional list elects the remaining 56 via D'Hondt.

Constituency ballot

SNP
38.1%
Lab
19.9%
Ref
15.8%
Con
11.8%
LD
10.7%
Grn
3.9%
Oth
1.6%

Regional list ballot

SNP
28.4%
Ref
18.5%
Lab
17.6%
Grn
13.6%
Con
11.1%
LD
10.0%
Oth
2.9%
Alba
0.3%

Constituencies (73)

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Regions (8)

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Too close to call

Constituencies where the projected margin is less than 5 percentage points.

Aberdeenshire West

Too close to call (1.0 pts margin)
SNP
32.0%
Con
31.0%
Ref
20.0%
LD
10.0%
Lab
7.0%

Dumbarton

Too close to call (1.0 pts margin)
Lab
37.0%
SNP
36.0%
Ref
14.0%
Oth
5.0%
Con
4.0%
LD
4.0%

Eastwood

Too close to call (1.0 pts margin)
Con
30.3%
SNP
29.3%
Lab
16.2%
Ref
16.2%
LD
8.1%

Edinburgh Southern

Too close to call (2.0 pts margin)
SNP
33.7%
Lab
31.7%
LD
10.9%
Ref
10.9%
Oth
6.9%
Con
5.9%

Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill

Too close to call (3.0 pts margin)
Grn
31.7%
SNP
28.7%
Lab
16.8%
Ref
9.9%
LD
6.9%
Con
4.0%
Oth
2.0%

Dumfriesshire

Too close to call (4.0 pts margin)
SNP
31.3%
Ref
27.3%
Con
25.3%
Lab
6.1%
LD
5.1%
Oth
5.1%

Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Too close to call (4.0 pts margin)
LD
36.0%
SNP
32.0%
Ref
15.0%
Lab
11.0%
Con
6.0%