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General election 2019: Scotland's night in pictures

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A moment of reflection: Nicola Sturgeon composes herself for the journey to come
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Police were at the Glasgow count at the SECC after allegations of personation - when someone votes as someone else
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After the polls closed, ballot papers were stacked up at counts across the country
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Staff members empty a ballot box at the main Glasgow counting centre
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Staff tried to bring the festive spirit to the count in Edinburgh
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Liberal Democrat Leader Jo Swinson narrowly lost her Dunbartonshire East seat to the SNP's Amy Callaghan
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Ms Callaghan gives post-declaration interviews after unseating her Lib Dem rival
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The BBC exit poll results were projected on to the outside of Broadcasting House in London
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An SNP activist checks information in the count centre in Glasgow early on Friday morning
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SNP supporters react to their results in Glasgow
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon takes a selfie with some of her newly elected MPs at the Glasgow count
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Stephen Flynn wins in Aberdeen South, which had previously been held by the Conservatives
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David Mundell retains his seat in in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale and says he is "very pleased" with the Conservative majority at Westminster
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Conservative campaign volunteer Oyebola brought her baby daughter to the count in Coatbridge
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Ian Murray held on to his Edinburgh South seat to be Scotland's only remaining Labour MP
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Labour's Lesley Laird, who was the shadow Scottish secretary, lost her seat in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath to Neale Hanvey, the candidate who was suspended from the SNP for using anti-Semitic language on social media
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Liberal Democrat candidate for Edinburgh West, Christine Jardine retains her seat at the Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh, and gives an emotional speech about the disappointment of Jo Swinson losing hers
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Labour party observers keep an eye on proceedings at the count in Glasgow

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