Electoral history of Humza Yousaf

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[edit]

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Glasgow Pollok^[1]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Humza Yousaf^[a]	15,316	54.8	10.1	13,902	49.5	7.4
	Labour Co-op	Johann Lamont^[b]^[c]	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					1,363	4.9	2.4
	Solidarity					915	3.3	New
	UKIP					582	2.1	1.6
	A Better Britain – Unionist Party					341	1.2	New
	Animal Welfare					224	0.8	New
	Scottish Christian					212	0.8	0.0
	RISE					185	0.7	New
	Women's Equality					158	0.6	New
	Independent	Andrew McCullagh				25	0.1	New
Majority			6,482	23.2	N/A
Valid Votes			27,943			28,064
Invalid Votes			142			69
Turnout			28,085	45.8	6.3	28,133	45.9	6.4
	SNP gain from Labour Co-op		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

	First preferences	%	Final result^[2]	%
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

First minister nominative elections
Parliamentary term	Date	Candidates	Votes received
6th Parliament	28 March 2023^[3]	Humza Yousaf	64
		Douglas Ross	31
		Anas Sarwar	22
		Alex Cole-Hamilton	4

^ "Glasgow Pollok - Scottish Parliament constituency". Retrieved 1 April 2023.
^ "SNP Leadership Election - Voting Results" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2023.
^ "First Minister nominated". Scottish Government. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.