Voting system for the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliamentary election uses two systems:
- A Constituency vote - First Past the Post (FPTP)
- Regional vote - Additional Member System (AMS)
The Scottish Parliament has 129 Members of Parliament (MSPs).
Of these, 73 Constituency MSPs are elected via the traditional FPTP method. The remaining 56 are nominated via a proportional representation system known as the Additional Member System (AMS).
Scotland is split up in to 8 regions for the AMS vote. Each region has 7 MSPs.
Perth and Kinross is in the Mid Scotland and Fife Region which has 7 MSPs, and has two constituencies - Perth and North Tayside - which have one MSP each.
For further information on both these systems, see
www.votescotland.com
