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Nicola Sturgeon to be reappointed First Minister of Scotland

Xinhua, May 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday won the vote for First Minister of Scotland for the second time at the Scottish parliament.

Sturgeon won 63 votes from her SNP Scottish parliament members, against the Scottish Liberal Democrats candidate Willie Rennie's five.

Sturgeon became First Minister of Scotland in November 2014, after Alex Salmond stood down in the wake of the Scottish independence referendum held on Sept. 18, 2014.

As for Sturgeon's party, the SNP won its third consecutive Holyrood Scottish parliament election on May 5, but lost its overall majority after winning only 63 of the 129 seats.

The party is to form a minority government, while the Conservative Party replaced Labour as the second largest party at the Scottish parliament after winning 31 seats. Endit