Paragraph 25 Method of election: candidates for return as regional members

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 2 rule 10(3) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(2)
Sch. 2 rule 1(1) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 8(2)
Sch. 2 rule 1(1) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 8(3)
Sch. 2 rule 5(5)(a) words added by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(2)
Sch. 2 rule 5(5)(b) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(3)
Sch. 2 rule 5(5A) inserted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(4)
Sch. 2 rule 7(2) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(5)
Sch. 2 rule 7(2) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(6)
Sch. 2 rule 7(2A)(2B) inserted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(7)
Sch. 2 rule 20(2) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(8)
Sch. 2 rule 20(5) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 9(9)
Sch. 2 rule 28(3)(a) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(2)
Sch. 2 rule 28(3)(a) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(2)
Sch. 2 rule 28(4) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(3)
Sch. 2 rule 28(5) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(4)
Sch. 2 rule 28(7)(8) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(5)
Sch. 2 rule 30(1) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(6)
Sch. 2 rule 38(1) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(7)
Sch. 2 rule 38(13) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(8)
Sch. 2 rule 38(15) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(9)
Sch. 2 rule 46(1) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(10)
Sch. 2 rule 46(7) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(11)
Sch. 2 rule 47(5) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(12)
Sch. 2 rule 48(9) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(13)
Sch. 2 rule 53(3) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(14)
Sch. 2 rule 55(1)(a) substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(15)
Sch. 2 rule 55(1)(c) substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(16)
Sch. 2 rule 55(4) substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(17)
Sch. 2 rule 58(2) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(18)
Sch. 2 rule 58(3) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(19)
Sch. 2 rule 58(6) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 10(20)
Sch. 2 rule 68(1)(a) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(2)
Sch. 2 rule 68(1)(b) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(2)
Sch. 2 rule 68(3) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(3)
Sch. 2 rule 69(1)(g) word added by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(4)
Sch. 2 rule 69(1)(h) word omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(5)
Sch. 2 rule 69(1)(i) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(6)
Sch. 2 rule 70(1)(a) word inserted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(7)
Sch. 2 rule 70(1)(b) word omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(8)
Sch. 2 rule 70(1)(c) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(9)
Sch. 2 rule 70(2)(b) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(10)
Sch. 2 rule 70(6) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(11)
Sch. 2 rule 70(6)(a) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(11)
Sch. 2 rule 70(7A) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(12)
Sch. 2 rule 70(7B) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(13)
Sch. 2 rule 70(8) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(14)
Sch. 2 rule 71(1) words omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(15)
Sch. 2 rule 71(3) omitted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2009 art. 11(16)
Sch. 2 rule 70(7A)(7B) inserted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2007 art. 2
Sch. 2 rule 55(2) words inserted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 8(1)
Sch. 2 rule 55(2A) inserted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 8(2)
Sch. 2 rule 19(5) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(2)
Sch. 2 rule 20(6) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(2)
Sch. 2 rule 37(5) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(2)
Sch. 2 rule 47(2) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(2)
Sch. 2 rule 49(1) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(2)
Sch. 2 rule 73(1) word substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(2)
Sch. 2 rule 17(8) words substituted by Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) 2008 art. 26(3)

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2)(b), if the statement of persons required by rule 20 shows more candidates (whether on a registered party’s regional list or individual candidates) than the number of seats for that region a poll shall be taken in accordance with Part III of these Rules.

(2)

If that statement shows–

(a)

a number of candidates (whether on a registered party’s regional list or individual candidates) which is the same as, or less than, the number of seats for that region; or

(b)

all of the candidates shown on that statement are on the regional list of the same registered party,

the regional returning officer shall, following receipt of the notification under rule 62(3), allocate the seats in accordance with sections 7 and 8 of the 1998 Act.