General election in Scotland 1999
The 1999 general election in Scotland was the first election to the newly established Parliament in Edinburgh and took place on May 6, 1999 . 129 members of parliament were elected, 73 of them in constituencies with relative majority voting and 56 through party lists in 8 regions.
Top candidates
Donald Dewar (2009)
Scottish Labor Party
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Leading candidates from the smaller parties:
Election result
| Political party | Constituency votes |
In % | Constituency mandates |
List votes |
In % | List mandates |
Overall mandates |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | 908.392 | 38.8% | 53 | 786.818 | 33.6% | 3 | 56 | |
| SNP | 672.757 | 28.7% | 7th | 638.644 | 27.3% | 28 | 35 | |
| Tories | 364.225 | 15.6% | 0 | 359.109 | 15.4% | 18th | 18th | |
| LibDems | 331.279 | 14.2% | 12 | 225,774 | 12.4% | 5 | 17t | |
| Greens | - | - | - | 84.024 | 3.6% | 1 | 1 | |
| Socialists | 23,564 | 1.1% | 0 | 46,635 | 2.0% | 1 | 1 | |
| Dennis Canavan (Independent Candidate) | 18,511 | 0.8% | 1 | 27,700 | 1.2% | 0 | 1 | |
| Other | 21,662 | 0.9% | 0 | 105.221 | 4.5% | 0 | 0 | |
| All in all | 2,340,390 | 100.0% | 73 | 2,273,925 | 100.0% | 56 | 129 | |
| Turnout: 59.1% | ||||||||
For a full list of MPs in this term , see List of Members of the Scottish Parliament (1st Term) .
Comparison 1999/1997
The constituencies were largely identical to the Scottish constituencies in the 1997 general election . Only the constituency of Orkney and Shetland was divided into the two constituencies of Orkney and Shetland .
| Political party | Constituency votes |
+/- | In % | +/- | Constituency mandates |
+/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | 908.392 | -374,961 | 38.8% | −6.8% | 56 | −3 |
| SNP | 672.757 | +55,497 | 28.7% | + 6.8% | 7th | +1 |
| Tories | 364.225 | −128,834 | 15.6% | −2.0% | 0 | 0 |
| LibDems | 331.279 | −34.080 | 14.2% | +1.2% | 12 | +2 |
| Greens | - | -1.721 | - | -0.1% | - | - |
| Socialists | 23,654 | +13.914 | 1.1% | + 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| Canavan | 18,511 | +18,511 | 0.8% | + 0.8% | 1 | +1 |
| Other | 21,662 | −20.285 | 0.9% | −0.6% | 0 | 0 |
| total | 2,340,480 | −471,959 | - | - | 73 | +1 |
After the coalition negotiations, a Labor-Liberal Democratic government was formed under Donald Dewar.
