South Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the

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. Nine of the parliament's 73

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are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs. The South Scotland region was created as a result of the

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and largely replaced the South of Scotland region.

Constituencies and local government areas

2011–present

As a result of the

the boundaries for the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

1999–2011

Prior to the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries, the area which previously encompassed much of the South Scotland electoral region was known as the 'South of Scotland' electoral region. The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of

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constituencies, as existing in at that time.Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See
The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland
''. The First Past the Post constituencies can be found below: The region covered the following local government areas: In full: * Scottish Borders * South Ayrshire * Dumfries and Galloway In part: * East Ayrshire * East Lothian * Midlothian * North Ayrshire * South Lanarkshire

Members of the Scottish Parliament

Constituency MSPs

Regional List MSPs

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Election results

2021 Scottish Parliament election

In the

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the region elected MSPs as follows: * 7

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MSPs (6 constituency members and 1 additional member) * 3

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MSPs (additional members) * 6

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MSPs (3 constituency members and 3 additional member)

Constituency results

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Additional Member results

2016 Scottish Parliament election

In the

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the region elected MSPs as follows: * 7

MSPs (four constituency members and three additional members) * 6

MSPs (four constituency members and two additional members) * 3

MSPs (one constituency member and two additional members)

Constituency results

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Additional member results

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2011 Scottish Parliament election

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: * 8

MSPs (four constituency members and four additional members) * 4

MSPs (two constituency members and two additional members) * 3

MSPs (all constituency members) * 1

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MSP (additional member)

Constituency results

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Additional member results

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Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:South Scotland (Scottish Parliament Electoral Region) Scottish Parliamentary regions Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011 Politics of the Scottish Borders Politics of East Lothian Politics of Dumfries and Galloway Politics of South Ayrshire Politics of East Ayrshire Politics of South Lanarkshire