1999 Scottish Parliament election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:constituency_seats 73
gptkbp:country gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:date 6 May 1999
gptkbp:first_election_for gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:fourthPlace gptkb:Scottish_Liberal_Democrats
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1999 Scottish Parliament election
gptkbp:leading_party gptkb:Scottish_Labour_Party
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:location gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:majoritySeats 65
gptkbp:notableWinner gptkb:Jim_Wallace
gptkb:Alex_Salmond
gptkb:Donald_Dewar
gptkb:David_McLetchie
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Scottish_Parliament_elections
gptkbp:predecessor none
gptkbp:presiding_officer_elected Sir David Steel
gptkbp:regional_seats 56
gptkbp:resultedIn Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 129
gptkbp:second_party gptkb:Scottish_National_Party
gptkbp:successor gptkb:2003_Scottish_Parliament_election
gptkbp:thirdPlace gptkb:Scottish_Conservative_Party
gptkbp:voterTurnout 58.16%
gptkbp:votingSystem gptkb:Additional_Member_System
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Scottish_Labour_Party_(1999–2007)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7