North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

North East Scotland is one of the eight [Scottish Parliament Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions|constituencies and regions|electoral regions] of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the region elects seven regional Members of the Scottish Parliament, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole, which thus elects a total of 17 MSPs.
The North East Scotland region shares boundaries with the Highlands and Islands and Mid Scotland and Fife regions.

Constituencies and local government areas

Following the Second Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries, boundaries for Scotland's electoral regions and constituencies were redrawn ahead the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. North East Scotland saw a very minor change in its boundary with the Highlands and Islands region, as result of changes to the boundary between the Moray and Banffshire and Buchan Coast constituencies, but was otherwise left unchanged.

As a result of the First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries the boundaries of the region and constituencies were redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

In terms of first past the post constituencies the region covered:
The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005
In terms of local government areas the region covers:

N.B. This table is for presentation purposes only

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In the 2016 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

Candidates elected on the regional list are shown in bold; candidates elected in a constituency who also stood on a list are shown in italics.

In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

In the 2007 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:

In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows: