Friday, 07 May 2021 09:22 PM MYT
The ruling Scottish National Party won three of the first four seats to be declared, although there was an increase in support for opposition pro-union parties, indicating the final outcome of the election could be very close. Britain’s departure from the European Union, a move opposed by an overwhelming majority in Scotland, a perception that the Scottish government has handled the Covid-19 crisis well, and antipathy to Johnson’s Conservative government in Westminster have all bolstered support for the independence movement.
The SNP comfortably regained three seats where it had large majorities, while the opposition Liberal Democrats won Orkney, an archipelago of islands in the north of Scotland.
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