The Liberal Democrats have won the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency, the last seat in the UK to announce its general election result.
Candidate Angus MacDonald gained a majority of 2,160 over the SNP’s Drew Hendry.
The SNP candidate had already conceded defeat after a recount delayed the result.
It means the Liberal Democrats have won 72 Westminster seats, six of which are in Scotland, meaning they have overtaken the Scottish Conservatives.
The outcome had originally been expected at about 05:00 on Friday, but there was a recount – then candidates were told the votes would need to be counted again on Saturday morning.
Returning officer Derek Brown said the delay was due to a discrepancy between the verified votes total and the provisional number of counted votes.
Local businessman Angus MacDonald was elected after he received 18,159 votes. while the SNP candidate was second with 15,999 votes.
Source Agencies
