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on 22 September. Salmond won the election by 486 votes to 186, a larger-than-expected margin.
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166:Scottish National Party
130:Leader before election
873:SNP Trade Union Group
832:Scots National League
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868:SNP Students
820:Predecessors
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195:Jim Sillars
107:Percentage
930:Categories
786:Sturgeon I
781:Salmond II
611:Presidents
471:Cunningham
292:Leadership
208:References
187:, MP for
77:Candidate
806:Yousaf II
776:Salmond I
593:Blackford
588:Robertson
486:Robertson
461:Macartney
431:Henderson
426:MacDonald
416:Henderson
345:Donaldson
907:Category
801:Yousaf I
653:Hudghton
633:McIntyre
623:Muirhead
538:Sturgeon
528:Sturgeon
476:Sturgeon
375:Sturgeon
340:Halliday
335:McIntyre
858:History
851:Related
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658:Russell
643:Stewart
583:Salmond
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548:Swinney
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456:Sillars
446:Salmond
436:Fairlie
385:Swinney
370:Salmond
365:Swinney
360:Salmond
310:MacEwen
301:Leaders
245:, p.145
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678:Leader
628:Gibson
618:Graham
578:Morgan
543:Yousaf
451:Morgan
421:Wilson
411:Leslie
380:Yousaf
355:Wilson
330:Watson
229:, p.78
183:, and
115:27.7%
648:Ewing
638:Wolfe
598:Flynn
573:Ewing
491:Brown
481:Hosie
441:Ewing
406:Wolfe
401:Milne
350:Wolfe
325:Young
320:Power
202:Perth
189:Moray
111:72.3%
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746:2014
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33:1979
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