SNP majority ‘hangs in the balance’ as final polls paint inconsistent picture
Pollsters have said an SNP majority ‘hangs in the balance’ on Thursday (Russell Cheyne/PA)
The SNP is on course for an overall majority, a new poll suggests, as another claims it could lose up to six seats.
The final survey by Ipsos Mori for STV News projects Nicola Sturgeon’s party could take 68 seats, a majority of three, picking up 50% of the vote in constituencies and 39% in the regional list.
But 12% of the 1,502 people asked said they could still change their vote ahead of polls opening on Thursday.
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Savanta poll suggests SNP could lose four seats to fall six seats short of control
The same firm also found a 54-46 majority of support for remaining in the Union
But YouGov and Survation polls both have an outright SNP majority at Holyrood
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