Original sentence: The Liberal Democrats were soundly defeated; their popular vote share was cut in half and their seat total reduced from 17 to five.The Scottish Labour Party lost seven seats and was their worst election defeat in Scotland since 1931 and will be the largest opposition party; party leader Iain Gray announced his resignation following his party's disappointing result.The Scottish National Party won a historic 69 seats, the most seats the party has ever held for either a Holyrood or Westminister election in its history and leader Alex Salmond to remain First Minister of Scotland
Edited sentence: In total they gained a missive 32 constituency seats and such was the scale of their gains that out of the 73 constituency seats in Scotland only 17 of those seats are now represented by MSP's of other political parties.The Liberal Democrats were soundly defeated; their popular vote share was cut in half and their seat total reduced from 17 to five  with the party losing all but two of their constituency seats.The Scottish Labour Party lost a missive 23 constituency seats, many of which were seats that had been held by the party for decades although due to the additional-member system they only lost seven seats overall but was their worst election defeat in Scotland since 1931 and will be the largest opposition party; party leader Iain Gray, whom himself only just escaped losing his seat to the SNP in East Lothian with a majority of just 151 votes announced his resignation following his party's disappointing result.The Scottish National Party won a historic 69 seats, the most seats the party has ever held for either a Holyrood or Westminister election in its history and its leader Alex Salmond remains First Minister of Scotland for a second term