Perth (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Perth (Parliament of Scotland constituency) or Perth (UK Parliament constituency).

Perth
Former county constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Perth shown within the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created1999
Abolished2011
Council areaPerth and Kinross
Replaced byPerthshire North
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire

Perth was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament, Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It was also one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the constituency of Perth was abolished and replaced by Perthshire North and Perthshire South and Kinross-shire.

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