An election is being held for the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 5 May 2011.
Download our guide to the count taking place at the SECC (PDF 4.94MB).
If you are eligible to vote, you will have received two ballot papers.
There will be a lilac coloured ballot paper to elect your constituency member and a peach coloured ballot paper to elect your regional members.
Use the lilac ballot paper to vote for a candidate to represent your constituency.
To vote, mark a cross (X) in the box opposite the name of one candidate. The candidate with the most votes wins.
Use the peach ballot paper to vote for a party or independent candidate to represent your region.
To vote, mark a cross (X) in the box opposite the name of one party or individual candidate.
In each region, parties and individual candidates win seats based on:
• the number of votes they receive in this regional ballot, and
• the number of constituency seats that parties win in the region.
More information is available here: aboutmyvote.co.uk