Voting in your Scottish Parliament Elections
Scottish Parliamentary elections use a type of Proportional Representation called the Additional Member System (AMS).
AMS is an electoral system which combines first past the post with an element of proportional representation which means that the number of seats allocated to parties and individuals in the Scottish Parliament seeks to reflect their share of the overall votes cast.
With AMS, each voter has two votes:
Scotland: poll position
The Electoral Commission has launched a research study looking at attitudes towards the Scottish Parliament, Local Government and knowledge of electoral systems. Download the report below.
Scotland: poll position – research report 2006 (PDF 3,297Kb)