Opinion Poll by Panelbase for The Sunday Times, 19–22 January 2021

Voting Intentions | Seats | Coalitions | Technical Information

Voting Intentions

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Confidence Intervals

Party Last Result Poll Result 80% Confidence Interval 90% Confidence Interval 95% Confidence Interval 99% Confidence Interval
Scottish National Party 41.7% 46.5% 44.5–48.4% 43.9–49.0% 43.5–49.5% 42.5–50.4%
Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party 22.9% 20.2% 18.7–21.9% 18.3–22.3% 17.9–22.7% 17.2–23.5%
Scottish Labour 19.1% 16.1% 14.8–17.7% 14.4–18.1% 14.1–18.5% 13.4–19.3%
Scottish Greens 6.6% 8.1% 7.1–9.3% 6.9–9.6% 6.6–9.9% 6.2–10.5%
Scottish Liberal Democrats 5.2% 6.0% 5.2–7.1% 5.0–7.4% 4.8–7.7% 4.4–8.2%

Note: The poll result column reflects the actual value used in the calculations. Published results may vary slightly, and in addition be rounded to fewer digits.

Seats

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Confidence Intervals

Party Last Result Median 80% Confidence Interval 90% Confidence Interval 95% Confidence Interval 99% Confidence Interval
Scottish National Party 63 70 69–73 67–73 66–73 65–75
Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party 31 26 23–27 22–28 21–30 20–32
Scottish Labour 24 18 17–22 17–23 17–23 17–24
Scottish Greens 6 10 6–10 5–10 5–10 4–11
Scottish Liberal Democrats 5 5 5–6 4–6 4–7 3–8

Scottish National Party

For a full overview of the results for this party, see the Scottish National Party page.

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
63 0% 100% Last Result
64 0.1% 100%  
65 1.5% 99.8% Majority
66 1.0% 98%  
67 4% 97%  
68 3% 94%  
69 13% 91%  
70 29% 78% Median
71 26% 49%  
72 12% 22%  
73 9% 11%  
74 2% 2%  
75 0.4% 0.6%  
76 0.1% 0.1%  
77 0% 0%  

Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party

For a full overview of the results for this party, see the Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party page.

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
19 0.1% 100%  
20 0.5% 99.9%  
21 4% 99.4%  
22 2% 95%  
23 5% 93%  
24 13% 88%  
25 22% 75%  
26 42% 53% Median
27 4% 11%  
28 2% 7%  
29 2% 5%  
30 1.3% 3%  
31 1.0% 2% Last Result
32 0.6% 0.6%  
33 0% 0%  

Scottish Labour

For a full overview of the results for this party, see the Scottish Labour page.

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
16 0.5% 100%  
17 44% 99.5%  
18 15% 55% Median
19 13% 40%  
20 5% 26%  
21 4% 22%  
22 8% 17%  
23 8% 9%  
24 1.3% 2% Last Result
25 0.3% 0.3%  
26 0% 0%  

Scottish Greens

For a full overview of the results for this party, see the Scottish Greens page.

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
3 0.1% 100%  
4 1.1% 99.9%  
5 7% 98.7%  
6 3% 91% Last Result
7 3% 89%  
8 3% 86%  
9 4% 82%  
10 76% 78% Median
11 2% 2%  
12 0.2% 0.2%  
13 0% 0%  

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For a full overview of the results for this party, see the Scottish Liberal Democrats page.

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
2 0.3% 100%  
3 2% 99.7%  
4 4% 98%  
5 64% 94% Last Result, Median
6 24% 29%  
7 3% 5%  
8 1.2% 2%  
9 0.3% 0.3%  
10 0% 0%  

Coalitions

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Confidence Intervals

Coalition Last Result Median Majority? 80% Confidence Interval 90% Confidence Interval 95% Confidence Interval 99% Confidence Interval
Scottish National Party – Scottish Greens 69 80 100% 76–82 75–83 75–83 73–84
Scottish National Party 63 70 99.8% 69–73 67–73 66–73 65–75
Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party – Scottish Labour – Scottish Liberal Democrats 60 49 0% 47–53 46–54 46–54 45–56
Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party – Scottish Labour 55 44 0% 42–47 41–48 41–49 40–51
Scottish Labour – Scottish Greens – Scottish Liberal Democrats 35 33 0% 32–36 31–38 30–38 28–39
Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party – Scottish Liberal Democrats 36 31 0% 28–33 27–34 26–35 26–37
Scottish Labour – Scottish Liberal Democrats 29 23 0% 22–28 22–28 22–29 21–30

Scottish National Party – Scottish Greens

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
69 0% 100% Last Result
70 0.1% 100%  
71 0.1% 99.9%  
72 0.3% 99.8%  
73 0.2% 99.5%  
74 1.0% 99.3%  
75 4% 98%  
76 5% 94%  
77 7% 90%  
78 6% 83%  
79 13% 77%  
80 24% 64% Median
81 23% 39%  
82 9% 17%  
83 7% 8%  
84 1.0% 1.1%  
85 0.1% 0.1%  
86 0% 0%  

Scottish National Party

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
63 0% 100% Last Result
64 0.1% 100%  
65 1.5% 99.8% Majority
66 1.0% 98%  
67 4% 97%  
68 3% 94%  
69 13% 91%  
70 29% 78% Median
71 26% 49%  
72 12% 22%  
73 9% 11%  
74 2% 2%  
75 0.4% 0.6%  
76 0.1% 0.1%  
77 0% 0%  

Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party – Scottish Labour – Scottish Liberal Democrats

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
44 0.1% 100%  
45 1.0% 99.9%  
46 7% 98.9%  
47 9% 92%  
48 23% 83%  
49 24% 61% Median
50 13% 36%  
51 6% 23%  
52 7% 17%  
53 5% 10%  
54 4% 6%  
55 1.0% 2%  
56 0.2% 0.7%  
57 0.3% 0.5%  
58 0.1% 0.2%  
59 0.1% 0.1%  
60 0% 0% Last Result

Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party – Scottish Labour

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
39 0.4% 100%  
40 1.2% 99.5%  
41 8% 98%  
42 9% 91%  
43 29% 82%  
44 25% 53% Median
45 8% 29%  
46 6% 21%  
47 6% 15%  
48 5% 9%  
49 2% 3%  
50 0.5% 1.1%  
51 0.3% 0.6%  
52 0.1% 0.3%  
53 0.1% 0.2%  
54 0.1% 0.1%  
55 0% 0% Last Result

Scottish Labour – Scottish Greens – Scottish Liberal Democrats

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
26 0.1% 100%  
27 0.2% 99.9%  
28 0.5% 99.7%  
29 1.2% 99.1%  
30 1.0% 98%  
31 4% 97%  
32 35% 93%  
33 22% 58% Median
34 19% 36%  
35 6% 18% Last Result
36 4% 11%  
37 2% 8%  
38 3% 5%  
39 2% 2%  
40 0.2% 0.2%  
41 0% 0%  

Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party – Scottish Liberal Democrats

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
25 0.3% 100%  
26 4% 99.7%  
27 2% 96%  
28 5% 93%  
29 13% 88%  
30 18% 76%  
31 32% 58% Median
32 15% 26%  
33 4% 10%  
34 2% 6%  
35 2% 4%  
36 1.0% 2% Last Result
37 0.9% 1.0%  
38 0% 0.1%  
39 0% 0%  

Scottish Labour – Scottish Liberal Democrats

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Number of Seats Probability Accumulated Special Marks
19 0.1% 100%  
20 0.2% 99.9%  
21 2% 99.7%  
22 33% 98%  
23 18% 65% Median
24 17% 47%  
25 7% 30%  
26 5% 23%  
27 7% 19%  
28 8% 12%  
29 3% 4% Last Result
30 0.6% 0.7%  
31 0.1% 0.1%  
32 0% 0%  

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