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🇬🇧 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandConstitution

Scotland Act 1998

Electors.

Jurisdiction
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Provision
11
Source language
English
Recorded status
in force
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Recorded status
in force

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1 The persons entitled to vote as electors at an election for membership of the Parliament held in any constituency are those who on the day of the poll— a would be entitled to vote as electors at a local government election in an electoral area falling wholly or partly within the constituency, and b are registered in the register of local government electors at an address within the constituency. 2 A person is not entitled to vote as elector in any constituency— a more than once at a poll for the return of a constituency member, or b more than once at a poll for the return of regional members, or to vote as elector in more than one constituency at a general election.

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Scotland Act 1998 · legislation.gov.uk · Retrieved 17 August 2026.

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