Who is ahead?
National Party currently leads
Declared seat totals can change as more constituencies and regional lists are confirmed.
Scotland Decides
Live election results, explained clearly.
Contextual live tracker data is currently filling the gap.
Latest verified update: 26 Jun 2026, 22:35
Live seat picture
What this shows: the leading parties by seats right now.
Bloc balance
Why this matters: 65 seats are needed for a majority at Holyrood.
Live source connected
Using contextual media tracker while official structured sources remain incomplete.
- Counting status
- complete
- Declared constituencies
- 73/73
- Declared regions
- 8/8
- Majority threshold
- 65
- Active source
- media-context
- Source confidence
- contextual
Is there a pro-independence majority?
Not currently shown
Regional list allocations can still alter the final majority balance.
What happens next?
More declarations pending
Final balance depends on both constituency and regional results.
Seats by party
What this shows: declared seats by party so far.
Why this matters: party seat totals shape who can govern and set the constitutional agenda.
- National Party: 58 seats
- Labour: 17 seats
- Reform UK: 17 seats
- Green: 15 seats
- Conservative: 12 seats
- Liberal Democrat: 10 seats
Source: BBC Scotland Results Tracker | Last updated: 26/06/2026, 22:35:52
Independence tracker
Pro-independence: 0
Unionist: 46
Neutral/unknown: 83
Majority: 65
No pro-independence majority currently shown
What this means: a pro-independence majority strengthens the democratic argument for Scotland having another say on its future.
What this does not mean: it does not automatically create independence or force a referendum.
Declaration progress
Constituencies: 73/73100%
Regions: 8/8100%
Scotland elects MSPs through constituency and regional list seats. Early constituency results can still shift when regional list seats are allocated.
What this means for independence
The current picture
This seat picture is from a reputable media tracker and should be treated as reported rather than official declaration output.
Independence impact
A pro-independence majority strengthens the democratic argument for another say, but does not itself trigger independence.
What happens next
The pipeline will switch to official structured outputs as soon as suitable feeds are available.
Important caveat
Media tracker figures can revise as declarations and corrections come in.
Key results
No key results have been added yet.
Results still to come
Remaining declarations can still alter both overall seat totals and bloc balance.
Regional list allocations matter because they rebalance representation after constituency wins.
Confidence labels
Confirmed: declared by an official election source.
Reported: published by trusted specialist or media but not yet linked to official declaration.
Projected: estimated from partial data and may change.
Fallback: latest verified remote source could not be reached, so a saved snapshot is shown.
Source transparency
Active source: media-context | Status: using_media
Latest source attempts
- [fail] Scottish Parliament Results: Source returned no normalized party seat data.
- [fail] Electoral Commission Election Information API: Source disabled.
- [fail] Democracy Club: Source disabled.
- [ok] BBC Scotland Results Tracker: Selected source produced valid normalized data.
BBC Scotland Results Tracker
media
contextual
https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2026/scotland/results
Last checked: 2026-06-26T22:35:52.454Z
Last successful fetch: 2026-06-26T22:35:52.454Z
Notes: Contextual cross-check and continuity fallback. Never treated as official canonical declaration data.