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Emrys

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2. For context, Scotland has a PR election system that makes an outright majority near impossible.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sun May 9, 2021, 04:38 PM

May 2021

In fact, only the SNP have done it, once in the past, in 2011.

There are 73 directly elected constituency seats. The SNP won 62 of them. These are topped up by 56 regional list seats which are weighted against any party that has won directly elected seats in a given region. The SNP won two of them, bringing it just one short of an overall majority.

If the SNP chooses to govern as a minority, it's done so in the past, usually with support on key votes from the Greens. It could also seek a more formal arrangement with the Greens.

I gave a bit more background on the results in the UK Group: https://www.democraticunderground.com/108820592

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Scotland: SNP wins 4th term, short of overall majority [View all] RandySF May 2021 OP

So essentially, Boris Johnson thinks that UK can break from EU, Claustrum May 2021 #1

For context, Scotland has a PR election system that makes an outright majority near impossible. Emrys May 2021 #2