Edinburgh Southern (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh Southern
Burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh Southern shown within the Lothian electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population	81,639 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish Labour
MSP	Daniel Johnson
Council area	City of Edinburgh
Created from	Edinburgh South

Edinburgh Southern (Gaelic: Dùn Èideann a Deas) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of Edinburgh. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The seat has been held by Daniel Johnson of Scottish Labour since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.