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Scotland at a political crossroads

On May 3, voters face a mighty challenge – to elect 129 MSPs and 1222 councillors. The result could be a huge turning point for the nation

Election by numbers

The election by numbers

Candidates from ethnic minorities are moving into the centre of the political stage

Seat to Watch: Govan

CENTRAL SCOTLAND:

Main parties take national battlefront to local level in one of the most hotly contested regions

Seat to Watch: Falkirk

HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS:

Political future changing as population growth brings new confidence to the north and west

Seat to Watch: Western Isles

Voters left wondering who to credit for capital's economic boom

Seat to watch: Edinburgh Central

WEST of SCOTLAND:

Health care issues provide common political ground in region dominated by Glasgow

Seat to Watch: Strathkelvin

SOUTH of SCOTLAND:

Parties are limbering up for tough battle over a widespread political landscape

Seat to Watch: Ettrick, Tweeddale and Lauderdale

NORTH EAST SCOTLAND:

Salmond hopes party can launch bridgehead from his north-east political fortress

Seat to Watch: Gordon

MID SCOTLAND & FIFE:

Mixture of countryside and commuter belt represents Scotland in miniature

Seat to Watch: Ochil

THE SEAT TO WATCH
Glasgow: Govan
Twice the scene of Nationalist triumph, with by-election wins, Govan has also been the scene of disappointment. For a party that has failed to establish itself with representation in west central Scotland, it is a symbol of both hope and frustration.

Central: Falkirk West

THE SEAT TO WATCH
falkirk West
DENNIS Canavan's humiliation of Labour, after it had deemed him not good enough to represent Falkirk West, is the stuff of political legend.

Highlands & Islands: Western Isles

THE SEAT TO WATCH
Highlands: Western Isles
PERHAPS the hardest-fought marginal seat in the country, it is also one of the most peculiar, with a small electorate who can expect to eyeball the candidates and are more likely to be swayed by personality than policy, with the "foolishness" of Angus MacNeil a possible factor in the outcome.

Lothian: Edinburgh Central

THE SEAT TO WATCH
Lothians: Edinburgh Central
The capital’s city centre has only a small amount of the prosperous New Town, and lots of unpredictable student votes south of the Old Town. It includes poorer estates such as Dumbiedykes and, of course, the Scottish Parliament itself.

West of Scotland: Strathkelvin and Bearsden

THE SEAT TO WATCH
West of Scotland: Strathkelvin and Bearsden
The biggest turnover at the 2003 election was when Labour was beaten by Jean Turner, a retired GP campaigning to save services at Stobhill Hospital. Strathkelvin and Bearsden had been Tory until Sam Galbraith won and built up one of the biggest majorities in Scotland, being more than 16,000 votes clear in 1997, and securing half the vote in 1999.

South of Scotland: Ettrick, Tweeddale and Lauderdale

THE SEAT TO WATCH
South of Scotland: Ettrick, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
Ettrick, Tweeddale and Lauderdale ought to be safe Liberal Democrat territory, having been represented by David Steel from 1965. Yet it has become Scotland’s only four-way marginal.

North East Scotland: Gordon

THE SEAT TO WATCH
North East Scotland: Gordon
Nora Radcliffe is not the most combative of LibDems, but the Gordon MSP is going to have to go some to avoid being steam-rollered by the Alex Salmond phenomenon.

Mid Scotland & Fife: Ochil

THE SEAT TO WATCH
Mid Scotland & Fife: Ochil
From Clackmannanshire through parts of Stirlingshire and into Kinross-shire, from leafy commuter belt and university campus to mining villages with politics rooted in red-blooded Communism, Ochil has become one of the most intriguing seats in Scotland.

Glasgow: List candidates

Central Scotland

Airdrie & Shotts

Coatbridge & Chryston

Cumbernauld & Kilsyth

Hamilton North & Bellshill

Kilmarnock & Loudoun

Motherwell & Wishaw

Central Scotland: List candidates

Highlands and Islands

Caithness Sutherland & Easter Ross

Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber

Ross, Skye & Inverness West

Highlands & Islands: List Candidates

Edinburgh Central

Edinburgh East & Musselburgh

Edinburgh North & Leith

Edinburgh Pentlands

Edinburgh South

Lothians: List candidates

West of Scotland

Clydebank & Milngavie

Cunninghame North

Greenock & Inverclyde

Renfrewshire West

Strathkelvin & Bearsden

West of Scotland: List Nominations

South of Scotland

Carrick Cumnock & Doon Valley

Cunninghame South

Galloway & Upper Nithsdale

Roxburgh & Berwickshire

Tweeddale Ettrick & Lauderdale

South of Scotland: List candidates

Mid Scotland and Fife

Dunfermline East

Dunfermline West

Fife North East

Mid Scotland & Fife: List Nominations

North East Scotland

West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine

Aberdeen Central

North East Scotland: List candidates

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