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SNP wins Scottish election as Reform and Labour tie for second
Key takeaways
- The party won 58 seats, with 65 needed for a majority.
- Labour, who not so long ago harboured ambitions of toppling the SNP, finished a distant second on 17 seats - tied with Reform, who made their electoral breakthrough in Scotland.
- The Scottish Greens won a record 15 seats - including their first ever constituency victories.
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Angus Cochrane Senior political journalist, BBC Scotland PA Media John Swinney is set to continue as Scotland's first minister The SNP has won a fifth successive Scottish Parliament election, but fallen short of its target of an overall majority at Holyrood.
The party won 58 seats, with 65 needed for a majority.
Labour, who not so long ago harboured ambitions of toppling the SNP, finished a distant second on 17 seats - tied with Reform, who made their electoral breakthrough in Scotland.
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