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Scottish Election Upset: Labour's Edinburgh Central Gain?

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A new poll from More in Common is causing a stir in the Scottish election, predicting a potential upset in Edinburgh Central where Scottish Labours James Dalgleish could unseat the SNP. The race in Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith is also neck-and-neck, with the Greens leading by a narrow margin. The poll suggests that thirty-nine seats could flip on margins under five points, potentially reshaping Holyroods map in unexpected ways. The SNP is projected to drop to fifty-six MSPs, short of a majority, as unionist votes are split between multiple parties. With six parties in the mix, the closing weeks of the election are shaping up to be unpredictable.

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Scottish Election Upset: Labour's Edinburgh Central Gain?

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Edinburgh News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Scottish Election Upset: Labour's Edinburgh Central Gain?. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

It's April 20th. You're listening to Edinburgh News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Corey with the story. A fresh poll for Morncom and is shaking up the Scottish election talk, predicting a big upset in Edinburgh Central, where Scottish Labour's James. Dalglish could snag the seat from the S&P at 28% to their 26% with the Scottish screens right there at 20%. This will mark Labour's first win in that spot since 2007, when Sarah Boyack took it for the third time straight, and it's a shift from Angus Robertson holding it for the S&P back in 2021, even as the Greens learned this later, pushes for their first ever holy-rood constituency, victory, meanwhile Edinburgh, Northeastern, and Leith looks razor-close, with Greens leading at 26%, Labour at 25, and SNP at 24. Highlighting how 39 of Scotland's 73 seats could flip on margins under five points. The bigger picture shows the S&P dropping to 56 MSPs, down four from now, and shy of

the 65 for majority, hit by that. Long time in power for Teague, while Unionist votes split between Reform UK, Conservatives, and Labour, all eyeing rough nights. With six party chaos making every race a toss-up, these closing weeks could rewrite holy-rood's map in ways nobody saw coming.

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