Summary of results of 1999 election
Table 1: Summary of Seats by Party
|
|
Constituency MSPs Elected
|
Regional List MSPs Elected
|
Total MSPs Elected
|
|
Labour
|
53
|
3
|
56
|
|
SNP
|
7
|
28
|
35
|
|
Liberal Democrat
|
12
|
5
|
17
|
|
Conservative
|
0
|
18
|
18
|
|
Green
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
73
|
56
|
129
|
Table 2: Share of Constituency and Regional Votes by Party
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|
No of Seats
|
Share of Seats
|
Constituency Votes
|
Share of Constituency Votes
|
Regional List Votes
|
Share of Reg List Votes
|
|
Labour
|
56
|
43.4%
|
908,346
|
38.8%
|
786,818
|
33.6%
|
|
SNP
|
35
|
27.1%
|
672,768
|
28.7%
|
638,644
|
27.3%
|
|
Liberal Democrat
|
17
|
13.2%
|
333,179
|
14.2%
|
290,760
|
12.4%
|
|
Conservative
|
18
|
14.0%
|
364,425
|
15.6%
|
359,109
|
15.4%
|
|
Green
|
1
|
0.8%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
84,024
|
3.6%
|
|
Anti-drug
|
0
|
0.0%
|
423
|
0.0%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
|
Civil Rights Movement
|
0
|
0.0%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
806
|
0.0%
|
|
Communist Party of Britain
|
0
|
0.0%
|
190
|
0.0%
|
521
|
0.0%
|
|
Highlands & Islands Alliance
|
0
|
0.0%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
2,607
|
0.1%
|
|
Humanist
|
0
|
0.0%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
447
|
0.0%
|
|
MSP for Falkirk West
|
1
|
0.8%
|
18,511
|
0.8%
|
27,700
|
1.2%
|
|
Other
|
0
|
0.0%
|
12,967
|
0.6%
|
18,066
|
0.8%
|
|
Liberal
|
0
|
0.0%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
5,534
|
0.2%
|
|
Natural Law
|
0
|
0.0%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
4,906
|
0.2%
|
|
Prolife Alliance
|
0
|
0.0%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
9,784
|
0.4%
|
|
Scottish Socialist Party
|
1
|
0.8%
|
23,654
|
1.0%
|
46,635
|
2.0%
|
|
Scottish Unionist
|
0
|
0.0%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
7,009
|
0.3%
|
|
Socialist Labour Party
|
0
|
0.0%
|
5,268
|
0.2%
|
55,232
|
2.4%
|
|
Socialist Party
|
0
|
0.0%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
309
|
0.0%
|
|
Socialist Workers Party
|
0
|
0.0%
|
2,757
|
0.1%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
|
|
129
|
|
2,342,488
|
|
2,338,911
|
|