The Scottish Elections
Below is a series of links to various equally interesting bits to do with the elections and subsequent results of the Scottish Parliament elections that took place on May 6th 1999. Enjoy.
Some interesting points to note.
A new system of voting was used for these elections, partly replacing the traditional British first-past-the-post system. Find out....
Below is a summary of the results of the Scottish Parliament elections.
| Party | Number of Constituency Seats | Number of Top-Up Seats | Total Seats |
| Labour | 53 | 3 | 56 |
| Scottish National Party | 7 | 28 | 35 |
| Conservative | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Liberal Democrat | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| Green Party | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 |