Scottish election 2021: Scotland awaits results

Voting in the Scottish Parliament election has ended but Scotland has an 11-hour wait for counting of the ballots to begin.

The usual overnight count was postponed because of Covid restrictions.

Instead, counting will start at 09:00 on Friday, with the ดาวน์โหลดjoker final result expected on Saturday.

A record number of people had already cast their ballots before polls opened - with more than a million having registered to vote by post.

The election is seen as being crucial to the future of the UK as the result could impact on whether or not there is a second referendum on Scottish independence.But it will also decide who forms the next Scottish government, which has considerable powers over areas such as health, education and income tax.

The Electoral Management Board expects 48 of the 73 constituencies to be declared on Friday, including both the most marginal and safest seats from 2016, and eight of the SNP's top 10 target seats.

These include the Labour defences of Dumbarton, Edinburgh Southern and East Lothian, none of which have a majority exceeding 3%, and the Conservative seats in Ayr, Edinburgh Central, Dumfriesshire and Eastwood.

BBC Scotland editor Sarah Smith said: "Opinion polls seem to show Nicola Sturgeon will have another term as First Minister, the question is more what size of majority she will have."

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SCOTLAND'S ELECTION: THE BASICS

What's happening? On 6 May, people across Scotland voted to elect 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). The party that wins the most seats will form the government. Find out more here.

What powers do they have? MSPs pass laws on aspects of life in Scotland such as health, education and transport - and have some powers over tax and welfare benefits.

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Scotland's party leaders all turned out at polling stations on Thursday.

Scottish Labour's Anas Sarwar and Scottish Green co-leader Patrick Harvie cast their votes in Glasgow.

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross was at Alves Hall in Moray, while Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie - who had also voted by post - was at Strathpeffer Community Centre near Dingwall.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, who had already voted by post, visited polling stations in the south side of Glasgow and was involved in a tense confrontation with a far-right candidate.

The SNP leader was praised on social media for how she handled an approach from former deputy leader of Britain First Jayda Fransen, who accused Ms Sturgeon of "flooding" the country with immigrants.

Footage posted online showed her calling Ms Fransen "a fascist and a racist".

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