The SNP will announce its leader who will face a Holyrood vote before being confirmed as FM.
Ballots were cast online using the Single Transferable Vote system.
Otherwise, whoever received the fewest votes is eliminated - with people who backed them having their vote transferred to their second-choice candidate.The votes will be counted when the ballot closes at midday on Monday, with the result being announced two hours later by SNP national secretary Lorna Finn in front of an audience of about 300 people at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.
Unless something truly remarkable happens, this will be the new SNP leader. In the unlikely event that parliament cannot elect a first minister within 28 days, an election would be held.Nicola Sturgeon was sworn in in a simple ceremony at the Court of Session in Edinburgh They will take the "official declaration", or oath of office, with the court's Lord President also asking them to take a vow asThe first minister is likely to start the process of appointing government ministers after they have been sworn in.
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