Elections

Less than a quarter of the electorate turned out for yesterday's City Centre ward by-election. The seat was narrowly held by the SNP party candidate Alasdair Rankin.

In the run up to the Edinburgh City Council by-election tomorrow (Thursday 18th August) there have been three main hustings eve

This Edinburgh City Council by-election in the City Centre Ward was created by the resignation of Cllr David Beckett who is leaving the country to study at Harvard University.

Voters in the City Centre Ward in Edinburgh have until Wednesday 3 August to register to vote or apply for a postal vote for the by-election on Thursday 18 August.

Alex Salmond and the Scottish Nationalist Party are celebrating a historic victory tonight after the most convincing win since the Scottish Parliament re-opened in 1999.

The Scottish National Party has taken all but one of Edinburgh's seats, in the same way that the natonalists appear to have swept across the whole of Scotland.

Edinburgh City Council is asking voters to check their polling card before going out to vote in tomorrow's Scottish Parliamentary Elections and Referendum on the UK Parliamentary voting system. Changes in the boundaries of the six Edinburgh constituencies mean that people may be voting at a different location this year. Some polling places have also changed as the previous year's are no longer available.

As 61,353 postal voting packs start dropping through letter boxes across Edinburgh for the forthcoming Scottish Parliamentry Election and the Alternative Vote referendum, postal voters are being reminded to read the instructions carefully otherwise their vote might not be counted.

Government austerity measures, the threats posed by climate change, and the uncertainities brought on by rapid globalisation, have galvanised the youth of today into becoming increasingly politically active.

Nominations closed today at 4pm for the Scottish Parliamentary Election on 5 May 2011.

The Scottish Parliamentary Election count for Edinburgh's six parliamentry seats will take place overnight.

Edinburgh bicycle advocacy group, Spokes, is turning its Spring Public Meeting into a hustings for the Scottish Parliamentry Election on 5th May, specifically on cycling and transport related issues.

Speculation that the vote count for the 5 May Scottish Parliamentry Election will be delayed has been rebutted by the body that runs the election operations.

Maoism…Rip it up and start again.

We face a dangerous democratic deficit across Scotland and apparently without an alternative. I propose we take action ourselves.

The upcoming visit of the Pope to Scotland added colour to First Minister's Question Time yesterday (9 Sept 2010).

Today we lost the Scots Makar, Edwin Morgan who died aged 90.

"Don’t let your work and hope be other than great" he said.

The distribution of Edinburgh's five Westminster seats remained unchanged after votes were counted early this morning, with Labour holding its four Edinburgh seats and the Liberal Democrats holding its one seat in Edinburgh West.

Edinburgh City Council's media office is going social as Edinburgh's votes are counted tomorrow night for the UK General

Latest advice from the Met Office and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) suggests that volcanic ash cloud cover above Scotland should clear overnight with normal air services expected to resume tomorrow.

It's election day in Edinburgh. Edinburgh will be returning five MPs to Westminster. Nominations for candidates at the 2010 General Election closed at 4pm on 20th April.