# Electoral history of Humza Yousaf

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Humza Yousaf, the First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party between 2023 and 2024, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Pollok since 2016.

## Scottish Parliamentary elections
### 2016 Scottish Parliament election

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Pollok :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SNP | Humza Yousaf | 15,316 | 54.8 | 10.1 | 13,902 | 49.5 | 7.4 |
| | Labour Co-op | Johann Lamont | 8,834 | 31.6 | 15.8 | 7,237 | 25.8 | 12.3 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Haddow | 2,653 | 9.5 | 3.8 | 2,545 | 9.1 | 4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Isabel Nelson | 585 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 375 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
| | TUSC | Ian Leech | 555 | 2.0 | New | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | Scottish Green | 1,363 | 4.9 | 2.4 |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | Solidarity | 915 | 3.3 | New |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 582 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| | BUP | BUP | BUP | BUP | BUP | 341 | 1.2 | New |
| | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | 224 | 0.8 | New |
| | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | Scottish Christian | 212 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | RISE | 185 | 0.7 | New |
| | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | 158 | 0.6 | New |
| | Independent | Andrew McCullagh | Andrew McCullagh | Andrew McCullagh | Andrew McCullagh | 25 | 0.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,482 | 23.2 | N/A | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 27,943 | | | 28,064 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 142 | | | 69 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,085 | 45.8 | 6.3 | 28,133 | 45.9 | 6.4 |
| | SNP gain from Labour Co-op | SNP gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | Swing | 13.0 | | | |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency ↑ Lamont stood on a joint ticket on behalf of Scottish Labour and the Scottish Co-operative Party. The regional list vote was for Scottish Labour only. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency |||||||||

## Party elections
### 2023 Scottish National Party leadership election

| Candidate | First preferences | % | Final result | Final result | % |
| Humza Yousaf Y | 24,336 | 48.2% | 26,032 | | 52.1% |
| Kate Forbes | 20,559 | 40.7% | 23,890 | | 47.9% |
| Ash Regan | 5,599 | 11.1% | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |

## First Minister Nominating Elections

First minister nominative elections :
| Parliamentary term | Date | Candidates | Votes received |
| 6th Parliament | 28 March 2023 | Humza Yousaf | 64 |
| 6th Parliament | 28 March 2023 | Douglas Ross | 31 |
| 6th Parliament | 28 March 2023 | Anas Sarwar | 22 |
| 6th Parliament | 28 March 2023 | Alex Cole-Hamilton | 4 |