THE National’s top digital team will be keeping online readers up to date today and tomorrow as the election results begin rolling in.
And over the coming days we will also be producing bumper issues of our newspaper packed with results, analysis, reaction and news from the counts.
Polls closed at 10pm last night but with Covid-19 restrictions in place, counting does not begin until this morning.
The first lot of constituency results will come in this afternoon, before the rest are revealed tomorrow , with the list votes tallied up in the evening.
National editor Callum Baird (above right) welcomed the extensive digital coverage planned. “With this election so crucial to the independence cause, it’s important to us for our readers to get top coverage of the results from a pro-independence perspective.
“There is some great content planned from our digital team and readers are sure to be kept up to date on the most important developments all weekend. It’s only through your support that we are able to put together this kind of work, so thank you all for your dedication in backing Scotland’s only daily pro-independence newspaper.”
We will be running a live blog throughout today and tomorrow, which will be kept up to date with all the latest seat declarations and election news from across Scotland.
A story dedicated to every seat declaration will be updated as we get them. This will feature brilliant graphs and charts on everything from the number of seats declared, the race to a majority, constituency breakdowns to maps showing results in different areas. Our political journalists will provide reports on the scoops from inside the parties as the results come in, while Abbi Garton will be live from the Aberdeen count today and tomorrow night explaining how the pandemic has impacted on electoral procedures and giving a round-up of the days so far.
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On social media we’ll be announcing every single seat declared with simple graphics, so all information is accessible to those who are looking for breaking news as soon as it’s available.
And of course we’ll be bringing our subscribers exclusive National Extra analysis and comment pieces from the paper’s best-loved writers.
If you’re looking to catch up on the basics like the key seats to watch, how the regional list system works and what the parties are promising voters, the Election Guide section on The National’s website is full of informative articles.
This section also carries all of James Kelly’s constituency profile articles for those seeking a refresher on the previous winners and political situations in their area.
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