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The recount has only just concluded as Mr MacDonald overcame the SNP’s Drew Hendry.
Conservatives, Lib Dems and SNP election staff say ‘we are getting more frustrated as this mismanaged election count goes on’.
A recap of the count chaos that led to today’s embarrassing recount leaving the seat the last in the UK to announce its results.
The flaw in the original vote does not appear to have been identified but it is clear there has been a problem.
The Electoral Commission and SNP lawyers are present overseeing the recount process for the last constituency in the UK to declare.
A ‘discrepancy’ between verified and the provisional total votes could not be reconciled.
Deputy First Minister says with two years before the Holyrood elections the SNP must ‘ensure we can demonstrate delivery, implementation and change’.
A ‘discrepancy’ was found between the verified vote tally and the actual vote tally.
It is another seat for the Lib Dems who are enjoying a good night with the party expected to get more than 50 seats.
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross on the other hand is projected to be a Liberal Democrat win
Mr Ross is a Highland list MSP but is seeking election to the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East seat, if he wins then he will resign from Holyrood.
Exit polls are suggesting a sure in the Lib Dem vote while the SNP is predicted to keep just 10 seats.
There are more than 200 polling stations and more than 700 staff spread across an area twice the size of Jamaica.
Voters will choose the next MPs for the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross and the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire seats.
From Caithness to Inverness the general election looks to be as competitive as we have seen in many years.
The snap election called just six weeks ago sparked a rush to get ready in time.
The academic, crofter, teacher and would-be MP wants to place reason and evidence at the centre of her efforts.
After almost years serving the north he says ‘I’ll tell you, there’s life in the old dog yet’ as he vows to fight for carers and jobs.
The First Minister was heckled on the campaign trail in Alness and told: ‘This party has ruined Scotland’.
Ahead of Thursday’s general election. we asked all the candidates what their top three priorities would be if they are elected.
