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Scottish parliament election 2021: when the results will be called, key candidates and who is leading the polls
The SNP currently lead in the polls, which could see Nicola Sturgeon elected as First Minister for another 5 years
5 May 2021 • 6:36am
Nicola Sturgeon is targeting a majority so she can ramp up her demands that Boris Johnson drops his opposition to a second independence referendum
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A second term for Nicola Sturgeon could see a cast-iron mandate for a new referendum as Scottish voters go to the polls on Thursday, May 6.
People will vote for 129 MSPs to sit in the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood, including 73 representing constituencies and 56 representing eight regions of the country - seven for each region.
It is the day before the final poll which will trump all the rest as Scotland votes on who will make up the next parliament at Holyrood and which party leader will be first minister. But as the countdown to election day slips narrower by the hour, a rash of new opinion polls this week have suggested the result is still very muich in the balance and will depend on which party mobilises their supporters best. The SNP have been predicted to win a majority during the past few weeks, but this scenario now appears to be on a knife-edge, while the Scottish Green Party have been forecast to make big gains.