Scottish Election 2026: Voters go to the polls across Falkirk district
Polling stations across Falkirk district are open as voters go to the polls today (Thursday) in the Scottish Parliament election.
The doors opened at 7am this morning and residents can continue to cast their votes until they close at 10pm tonight.
Voters are having their say on who will go to Holyrood and be their next MSP.
Both the Falkirk West and the Falkirk East and Linlithgow constituencies have six names on the ballot paper.
Those voting will have two ballot slips to mark with a cross this time round – a purple one for their chosen candidate to be the constituency MSP and a second, peach one, where voters select from a party or independent candidate to represent their region in the parliament.
There will be no traditional overnight counting of the votes with the counting now taking place during the day on Friday.
The local ballot papers will be counted at Grangemouth Sports Complex and the results are expected to be announced later on Friday afternoon.
Find out more about the Scottish Parliament election locally here