Original: In 2006 he announced his intention to contest the Gordon constituency in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election , an election in which Salmond defeated the incumbent MSP and in which nationally , the SNP emerged as the largest single party . Salmond was voted First Minister by the Scottish Parliament on 16 May 2007 .
Simplified: Salmond became the party leader again in 2004 and stood in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election for the constituency of Gordon .