# Scotland Act 1998, Section 6: Poll for regional members.


(1) This section and sections 7 and 8 are about the return of regional members at a general election.
(2) In each of the constituencies for the Parliament, a poll shall be held at which each person entitled to vote as elector may give a vote (referred to in this Act as a “regional vote”) for—
(a) a registered political party which has submitted a regional list, or
(b) an individual candidate to be a regional member for the region.
(3) The right conferred on a person by subsection (2) is in addition to any right the person may have to vote in any poll for the return of a constituency member.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998/section-6
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