How many seats did the SNP win?
The SNP has bled Labour dry in Scotland, beating them in 40 seats
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Your support makes all the difference.The SNP experienced an ‘electoral tsunami’ they obliterated Labour north of the border.
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The post-referendum Scottish electorate chose their national party to represent them, with the SNP winning 56 out of 59 seats.
Labour and the Liberal Democrats now have just one MP a piece, while the Conservatives managed to hold onto Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale.
The SNP won a 50 percent share of the vote in Scotland and won 50 seats, whilst Labour lost 40 and the Lib Dems 10.
Significant wins included the SNP’s removal of the Scottish Labour Leader, Jim Murphy, from his seat.
The SNP's Kirsten Oswald defeated Mr Murphy - who had been defending a majority of 10,400 - by 3,718 votes.
The SNP also won Gordon Brown’s former constituency of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath by 10,000 votes.
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