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The Scottish electoral system has delivered its most disproportional result yet
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Scotland's 2026 parliamentary election produced a disproportional result where pro-independence parties (SNP and Greens) won 57% of seats with just 41% of the regional list vote, highlighting tensions in the mixed-member proportional electoral system.
The Scottish electoral system has delivered its most disproportional result yet
The Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh. Fotokon/Shutterstock
In the event, the SNP did not win the overall majority First Minister John Swinney sought in the 2026 Scottish election. However, between them the SNP and the Greens won 73 seats, 57% of all MSPs. It is the largest ever contingent of pro-independence MSPs at Holyrood.
Yet between them the two parties won just 41% of the regional list vote. The avowed aim of the parliament’s mixed-member proportional electoral system is to produ
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