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- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 abstract "The Scottish Parliament election, 1999 was the first general election of the Scottish Parliament, with voting taking place on 6 May 1999 to elect 129 members. Following the election, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats formed the Scottish Executive, with Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) Donald Dewar becoming First Minister.The Scottish Parliament was created after a referendum on devolution took place on 11 September 1997 in which 74.3% of those who voted approved the idea. The Scotland Act (1998) was then passed by the UK Parliament which established the devolved Scottish parliament and Scottish Executive. The parliament was to be elected using Mixed member proportional representation which is a combination of 73 (First-past-the-post) constituencies using the same boundaries as was used in the 1997 UK General Election with the exception of Orkney and Shetland as they were made separate constituencies and proportional representation with the 73 constituencies being grouped together to make eight regions which would each elect seven additional members to make a total of 129 Members of Scottish Parliament (MSP's). This meant that it would be unlikely for any party to gain a majority of seats in the new parliament and either minority or coalition Scottish Executive's would have to be formed.The first general election to the Scottish Parliament overall produced few surprises with the Labour Party still enjoying high popularity following their landslide UK general election win two years earlier as widely expected was the largest party winning 56 seats, mostly in their traditional Central Belt heartlands, which was nine seats short of an overall majority and a coalition was then formed with the Liberal Democrats who won 17 seats. The Scottish National Party (SNP) had done well in opinion polls running up to the election, gaining 40% in some approval ratings but this level of support was not maintained, and the SNP were the second largest party with 35 seats, but this was at the time their best performance since October 1974. The Conservative Party, still recovering from their wipeout in 1997 across Scotland, failed to win a single constituency seat but did manage to win 18 seats through the Additional Member System.The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) and the Greens picked up unexpected additional member seats. Robin Harper became the first ever elected Green parliamentarian in the history of the United Kingdom. Dennis Canavan, who had failed to become an approved Labour candidate, won the Falkirk West constituency as an independent candidate. Following the election the new parliament meet in the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh for the very first time on Wednesday 12 May 1999 although the actual devolution of powers from Westminster to the Scottish Parliament did take place until midnight on Thursday 1 July 1999 almost two months later. For a full list of MSPs elected, see Members of the Scottish Parliament, 1999-2003. For lists of constituencies and regions, see Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions.".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 affiliation Scottish_National_Party.
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 country Scotland.
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 firstLeader Donald_Dewar.
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 secondLeader Alex_Salmond.
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 startDate "1999-05-06".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 thumbnail Scottish_Parliament_election_1999_map.svg?width=300.
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 title "Scottish General election, 1999".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 wikiPageExternalLink scotland.
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 wikiPageID "294717".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 wikiPageRevisionID "602928801".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 1blank "Constituency votes".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 1data "331379".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 1data "364225".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 1data "672757".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 1data "908392".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 2blank "Constituency %".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 2data "14.15".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 2data "15.56".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 2data "28.74".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 2data "38.81".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 3blank "List votes".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 3data "225774".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 3data "359109".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 3data "638644".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 3data "786818".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 4blank "List %".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 4data "12.43".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 4data "15.35".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 4data "27.26".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 4data "33.64".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 afterElection Donald_Dewar.
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 afterParty "Scottish Labour Party".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsSeats "-".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsSeats "0".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsSeats "1".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsSeats "18".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsSeats "28".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsSeats "3".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsSeats "5".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsSeatsNet "N/A".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes "105221".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes "225774".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes "27700".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes "359109".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes "46635".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes "55232".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes "638644".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes "786818".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes "84024".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes%25_ "1.2".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes%25_ "1.99".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes%25_ "12.43".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes%25_ "15.35".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes%25_ "2.37".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes%25_ "27.26".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes%25_ "3.59".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes%25_ "33.64".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotes%25_ "4.5".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 amsVotesNet "N/A".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 change "N/A".
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Aberdeen_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Aberdeen_North_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Aberdeen_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Airdrie_and_Shotts_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Angus_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Argyll_and_Bute_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Banff_and_Buchan_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Caithness,_Sutherland_and_Easter_Ross_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Coatbridge_and_Chryston_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Cumbernauld_and_Kilsyth_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Dundee_East_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Dundee_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency East_Kilbride_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Edinburgh_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Edinburgh_East_and_Musselburgh_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Edinburgh_North_and_Leith_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Edinburgh_Pentlands_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Edinburgh_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Edinburgh_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Falkirk_East_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Falkirk_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Glasgow_Anniesland_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Glasgow_Baillieston_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Glasgow_Cathcart_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Glasgow_Govan_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Glasgow_Kelvin_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Glasgow_Maryhill_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Glasgow_Pollok_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Glasgow_Rutherglen_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Glasgow_Shettleston_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Glasgow_Springburn_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Gordon_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Hamilton_North_and_Bellshill_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Hamilton_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Inverness_East,_Nairn_and_Lochaber_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Kilmarnock_and_Loudoun_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Linlithgow_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Livingston_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Scottish_Parliament_general_election,_1999 constituency Midlothian_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).