@ShredderLivesOn@mastodon.scot
2026-02-16 07:30 UTC
@AbramKedge So for the Scottish Parliament, you get two ballot papers.
One is the constituency ballot. Which is where you put an X next to your preferred candidate.
The other is the Regional List. Where you put an X for the political party that you want to represent you. That's usually a longer list of options, as it has fringe parties who won't contest the constituency vote.
This is an example of what the ballot paper looks like. Constituency is pink. Regional List is yellow.
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@ShredderLivesOn@mastodon.scot 2026-02-16 07:38
@AbramKedge The Regional List is an additional member system. So depending on how each party does at the constituency ballots in each region, the List will be used to calculate which parties receive List seats. If a party cleans up in the constituencies, the odds of them receiving a List seat are extremely low, even with a large vote share. I'll use Central Scotland in 2016 as an example. The SNP took every constituency seat. Despite having 47.7% of the List vote, they received no seats.
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@AbramKedge@beige.party 2026-02-16 10:21
@ShredderLivesOn thank you! I appreciate that - it really helps to know what to expect.