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Scottish ruling party to win more seats in 2016 parliamentary election: poll

Xinhua, January 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

The ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) could win 73 of the 129 Scottish Parliament seats in the May election in Scotland, poll results showed on Sunday.

The SNP seats are projected to rise to 73 from the 69 won in the 2011 Scottish parliament election, while the Larbour Party could win 26 seats, down from the 37 seats in 2011, with the Conservative party seats up to 20 from 15 in 2011, according to the Panelbase poll published by online Scotsman newspaper.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats are projected to win seven seats, while the Scottish Greens, meanwhile, are on track to win three seats in the Scottish parliament election scheduled for May 5, 2016, the poll also showed.

The SNP garnered a historic landslide of 56 seats out of 59 seats for Scotland in the British general election in May 2015, a sharp increase from only six seats at Westminster British parliament in the 2010 general election.

The SNP-led pro-independence Yes campaign gained 45 percent support in the Scottish Independence referendum held on Sept. 18, 2014, against the No campaign's 55 percent in the historic poll with a turnout of 85 percent and more than 3.6 million people across Scotland casting their votes. Enditem