Next Scottish Parliament election

Next Scottish Parliament election
All 129 seats to the Scottish Parliament; 65 seats needed for a majority
	Opinion polls
Incumbent First Minister; Humza Yousaf; SNP	; ;

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The next Scottish Parliament election will be held no later than Thursday 7 May 2026 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament. It will be the seventh general election since the devolved parliament was established in 1999.

Five parties had MSPs elected to the sixth parliament: Scottish National Party (SNP) led by First Minister Humza Yousaf, the Scottish Conservatives led by Douglas Ross, Scottish Labour led by Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Greens, led by their co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater, and the Scottish Liberal Democrats, led by Alex Cole-Hamilton. Of these parties, two have changed their leaders since the last Scottish Parliament election in 2021. Alba also have one MSP following a defection from the SNP.

^ "Douglas Ross to stand for Scottish Tory leadership". BBC News. 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
^ "Ruth Davidson to join House of Lords". BBC News. 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

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[1] "Douglas Ross to stand for Scottish Tory leadership". BBC News. 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

[2] "Ruth Davidson to join House of Lords". BBC News. 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

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