Scottish Pro-Independence Parties Win Majority in Parliamentary Elections
Earlier in the day, the Scottish National Party said it was heading for its fourth consecutive victory in the region's legislative elections with 61 seats in the 129-strong parliament.
Pro-independence parties in Scotland have won a majority in the country's parliamentary elections, with the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens getting 65 of the 87 seats so far declared for the 129-seat parliament.
Scotland's First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has called her party's election results "a historic achievement". She added that a referendum on independence is now "a matter of fundamental democratic principle".
"The SNP and Scottish Greens both stood on a clear commitment to an independence referendum within the next parliamentary term...And both of us said that the timing of a referendum should be decided by a simple majority of MSPs in the Scottish Parliament," Sturgeon said, as quoted by the BBC
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