SCOTLAND is set to go to the polls to elect a new batch of local councillors on May 5 - but when can we expect the results?
During 2021’s Holyrood election the vote count took place over two days, with constituencies declaring winners at various times, due to the pandemic and limits on the number of people allowed at each count.
But now, with all pandemic restrictions lifted, we should see results come in a lot faster.
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With voters going to the polls on Thursday, May 5, results should trickle through on Friday, May 6.
Read below to see the estimated declaration time in your local area.
Declaration times of Scottish council areas
Aberdeen: Friday daytime, 15:00
Aberdeenshire: Friday daytime, 15:00
Angus: Friday daytime, 15:00
Argyll & Bute: Friday daytime, 14:30
Clackmannanshire: Friday daytime, 14:30
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar: Friday daytime, 13:00
Dumfries & Galloway: Friday daytime, 14:00
Dundee: Friday daytime, 14:00
East Ayrshire: Friday daytime, 15:00
East Dunbartonshire: Friday daytime, 15:30
East Lothian: Friday daytime, 14:30
East Renfrewshire: Friday daytime, 14:00
Edinburgh: Friday daytime, 15:30
Falkirk: Friday daytime, 15:30
Fife: Friday daytime, 14:30
Glasgow: Friday daytime, 16:00
Highland: Friday daytime, 15:45
Inverclyde: Friday daytime, 14:00
Midlothian: Friday daytime, 16:00
Moray: Friday daytime, 12:30
North Ayrshire: Friday daytime, 15:00
North Lanarkshire: Friday daytime, 15:30
Orkney Islands: Friday daytime
Perth & Kinross: Friday daytime, 13:00
Renfrewshire: Friday daytime, 17:30
Scottish Borders: Friday daytime, 14:30
Shetland Islands: Friday daytime, 13:00
South Ayrshire: Friday daytime, 15:00
South Lanarkshire: Friday daytime, 16:00
Stirling: Friday daytime, 15:00
West Dunbartonshire: Friday daytime, 15:00
West Lothian: Friday daytime, 15:00
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