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List of elections featuring Humza Yousaf as a candidate
Humza Yousaf was the First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party, the first minority ethnic person to hold either of the positions.
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This is a summary of the electoral history of Humza Yousaf, the First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party between 2023 and 2024, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Pollok since 2016.

Scottish Parliamentary elections

2016 Scottish Parliament election

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Pollok
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Humza Yousaf 15,316 54.8 Increase10.1 13,902 49.5 Increase7.4
Labour Co-op Johann Lamont 8,834 31.6 Decrease15.8 7,237 25.8 Decrease12.3
Conservative Thomas Haddow 2,653 9.5 Increase3.8 2,545 9.1 Increase4.9
Liberal Democrats Isabel Nelson 585 2.1 Steady0.0 375 1.3 Decrease0.1
TUSC Ian Leech 555 2.0 New
Scottish Green 1,363 4.9 Increase2.4
Solidarity 915 3.3 New
UKIP 582 2.1 Increase1.6
BUP 341 1.2 New
Animal Welfare 224 0.8 New
Scottish Christian 212 0.8 Steady0.0
RISE 185 0.7 New
Women's Equality 158 0.6 New
Independent Andrew McCullagh 25 0.1 New
Majority 6,482 23.2 N/A
Valid Votes 27,943 28,064
Invalid Votes 142 69
Turnout 28,085 45.8 Increase6.3 28,133 45.9 Increase6.4
SNP gain from Labour Co-op Swing Increase13.0
Notes
  1. Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
  2. Lamont stood on a joint ticket on behalf of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Co-operative Party. The regional list vote was for Scottish Labour only.
  3. Incumbent member for this constituency

Party elections

2023 Scottish National Party leadership election

Main article: 2023 Scottish National Party leadership election
Candidate First preferences % Final result %
Humza Yousaf Green tickY 24,336 48.2% 26,032 52.1%
Kate Forbes 20,559 40.7% 23,890 47.9%
Ash Regan 5,599 11.1% Eliminated

First Minister Nominating Elections

First minister nominative elections
Parliamentary term Date Candidates Votes received
6th Parliament 28 March 2023   Humza Yousaf 64
  Douglas Ross 31
  Anas Sarwar 22
  Alex Cole-Hamilton 4

References

  1. "Glasgow Pollok - Scottish Parliament constituency". Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. "SNP Leadership Election - Voting Results" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  3. "First Minister nominated". Scottish Government. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
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