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Scotland has elected 64 SNP MSPs, up one on their 2016 total, and eight Scottish Green MSPs, an increase of two on 2016.
Together there are now 72 pro-independence MSPs returning to Holyrood, as opposed to 57 pro-Union ones.
Both the SNP and the Greens ran on a platform calling for a referendum during the next parliamentary term.
In other words: Scotland has delivered a clear mandate for indyref2.
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