A guide to how the 2026 Holyrood election panned out.

In the event, the SNP did not win the overall majority First Minister John Swinney sought in the 2026 Scottish election.

Yes, voters were angry at UK Labour – but the Scottish party failed to get the best out of Holyrood’s voting system.

John Swinney's party finished comfortably ahead of its rivals, but short of an overall majority.

Vote counting in the Scottish Parliament election is underway, after the country went to the polls on Thursday. Ballot boxes are being opened at designated counting centres across Scotland. Kirkwall ...

Polling stations are open from 07:00 to 22:00, though the first results are not expected until Friday afternoon.

John Swinney has insisted voters have “strong confidence” in the SNP following former chief executive Peter Murrell’s admission that he embezzled £400,000 from the party.Murrell pleaded guilty this ...

There is optimism even after support for Nigel Farage’s party surged in many postindustrial areas – as radical progressives won more seats than ever, says historian and writer Rory Scothorne ...