Part I The Scottish Parliament
General elections
6 Poll for regional members.
(1)
This section and sections 7 and 8 are about the return of regional members at a general election.
(2)
In each of the constituencies for the Parliament, a poll shall be held at which each person entitled to vote as elector may give a vote (referred to in this Act as a “regional vote”) for—
(a)
a registered political party which has submitted a regional list, or
(b)
an individual candidate to be a regional member for the region.
(3)
The right conferred on a person by subsection (2) is in addition to any right the person may have to vote in any poll for the return of a constituency member.