Welcome to the live news blog section of our website.· Check in here  with our editors Julia and Dan and our news editors Sam and Calum, who will bringing you all the inside election news, gossip and latest results from the Holyrood election counting centre in Ingliston.

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05:53am - Across Scotland, the night belongs to the SNP, as will Edinburgh for the next five years. Only Edinburgh constituency not go SNP is Edinburgh North and Leith.

05:47am - Marco Biagi wins Edinburgh Central for SNP, thanks Labour opponent Sarah Boyack for her 'positive' campaign.

05:40am - Malcolm Chisholm wins Edinburgh North and Leith for Labour.

05:26am - Kenny MacAskill wins Edinburgh East for SNP.

05:06am - Eadie wins in Edinburgh Southern for the SNP, thanks Mike Pringle for years of service to Scotland.

04:40am - Win for SNP in Edinburgh Western, Colin Keir thanks Lib Dem Margaret Smith for her dignity

04:32am - Gordan MacDonald wins Edinburgh Pentlands with 11,197 votes, 57.3% turnout.

04:00am - Adjundications beginning in Edinburgh West for contested ballots, results undoubtedly close.

03:33am - Some news from the rest of Scotland; both the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott and Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray have held onto their seats. Gray's was especially close, the difference between him and his SNP rival coming down to about 200 votes. 

03:30am - Most constituencies in counting lull. Waiting for official annnouncements and or recounts, which are likely in Edinburgh Northern, Southern and Western

03:12am - More words from Mike Pringle, who, ever the optimist, has told the Guardian's local blogger that if he loses he'll retire and "do some gardening". 

02:55am - Labour and Liberal Democrat sources say that SNP majority in Edinburgh Central could be anything between 600-1000 votes. It's all heating up!

02:43am - Mike Pringle, Liberal Democrat candidate for Edinburgh Southern, has said that he doubts the student vote made a difference in his constituency, because his team has found while canvassing that many students in Marchmont and surrounding area are unregistered. He adds that the Liberal Democrats had hoped for three seats "not none" and lamented that Margaret Smith, Liberal Democrat candidate for Edinburgh Western had lost. Pringle added "tonight is all about the SNP."

02:36am - Iain Gray has told the BBC that he won't be resigning:

"No. I'm the elected leader of the Labour party [in Scotland]. We need to look at what the election result is and work out how we are going to carry on from here."

02:22am - Just spoken to local Councillor Cammy Day, for Edinburgh North & Leith. He told The Student: "It's looking like we'll scrape through there [his ward] and we've saved that seat so I'm quite pleased there". He says "there's been a swing across Scotland towards the SNP, and although people have gone against the Lib Dems, unexpectadly that vote has gone to the SNP. Which is not good for Labour; we need to rethink what we do now and what we do in the future."

02:04am - Lots more rumours, now hearing that Labour will hold onto Edinburgh North and Leith, and Liberal Democrats possibly have Edinburgh Western. Also hearing that Edinburgh Southern is now between Labour and SNP.

01:58am - Robin Harper, MSP, and former Greens co-covenor, says that based on loose box figures, he expects the Greens to "do as well if not better than any time in the last 25 years" in all of their top wards, including Edinburgh South. He also said he expects Green candidate Alison Johnstone to win a seat.

01: 50am - Marco Biagi, the SNP candidate for Edinburgh Central, says he's "quietly confident" about the result. He told The Student that, whilst reluctant to comment on the impressive results the SNP are getting tonight, "before the numbers are out... it's looking very interesting certainly", he's  "delighted with the East Kilbride result" and hopes that she [Linda Fabiani] won't be the only Italian-Scottish SNP MSP by the end of the night.

01:32am - Rumours from SNP box sampling are that SNP have lead in Edinburgh Southern.

01:25am - Lots of rumours flying around on this end about SNP gains, though no official numbers yet.

01:13am - Counting is still underway here at Ingliston and much of the media, is, well, standing (or sitting) around.

00:59am - Liberal Democrat source has told The Student that if Mike Pringle loses Edinburgh South and Alex Cole-Hamilton wins Central, they are likely to get a list seat, depending on whether the list vote has "imploded".

00:22am - Sources tell us that the Liberal Democrat vote in Edinburgh South has 'imploded', and that the race there is now exclusively between Labour and the SNP.

00:10am - Liberal Democrat candidate for Edinburgh Central, Alex Cole-Hamilton, has told The Student he is feeling confident after a day where the Lib Dem vote has remained "rock solid." The seat is currently held by Labour's Sarah Boyack, and many expect her to hold the seat; however Cole-Hamilton says that he feels there is no reason not to be optimistic.

He also expressed his disappointment at Boyack's leaflet this week that personally attacked him, but said the fact that Labour were turning their fire on him was a sort of comfort as he seeks to overturn Labour's narrow majority.

11:44pm·- We've just arrived at Highland Hall, where the vote count is taking place; Iain Dale, former editor of The Scotsman and Daily Mail columnist is tweeting some speculation about results:

Extraordinary. Hearing well-informed predictions of SNP at 58 seats, Lab 40, Tories 14, Greens 8, LDs 7, Margo 1 and Galloway 1 #sp11 ...

9:07pm - There is less than an hour until the polls close. The Student will be live at the Edinburgh Scottish Parliament count beginning at 12am. Predictions from the Council point to all boxes being certified by 1:30am.

5:51pm - Our editor Dan Heap is reporting that voters in the traditionally working class area the Inch·are turning out heavily for Labour in Edinburgh South.

5:08pm - The Press Association has reported that all Edinburgh constituencies are expected to announce results at 4am Friday morning. In a complete list(available here: http://election.pressassociation.com/Declaration_times/scotland_2011_by_time.php) the PA predicts that some constituencies will remain uncalled until mid-afternoon tomorrow.

4:58 pm - If it's anything like last year, the count tonight will look like this:

4:28pm - The Edinburgh Greens are optimistic about their chances with second votes:

4:13pm- As voting in Edinburgh continues, the Council has confirmed that·parliamentary results are not likely to be announced before 4am. The count tonight, which is to take place at Ingliston Highland Hall, is responsible for constituency counts. Vote counting·on the AV referendum will not take place until tomorrow afternoon.

2:50pm - Tonight's count will involve 1,200 staff - nearly double the number who counted votes during the last elections for Scottish Parliament. The increased staffing is part of an effort to ensure that problems that halted the counting in 2007 do not occur again. Returning officer Sue Bruce told the Edinburgh Evening News:

"There has been substantial planning gone into this election. We have very clear procedures and we've had extensive training - 45 sessions - for everyone involved.

"We are absolutely not complacent, but we are confident we have made a huge effort in planning this election."

Counting of the votes from 407 polling stations around Edinburgh will begin at 10pm.

2:28pm - Response from students responding to The Student's Twitter/email poll on AV is decidedly yes - not that they're enthused about the campaign. One said he "couldn't care less", another that it was "a tough call". EUSA VPS Sam Hansford doesn't think AV will pass but wants to send a message that "we want change".

1:36pm - Reported concerns about how well advertised registration deadline was: "I don't know many students who bothered to register," says second year student Matthew Brown, who will be unable to vote after missing the registration deadline by a day "[Registration deadline was]Not well advertised at all."

1:22pm - Some students apparently confused about the location of the their polling place - check on your polling card (though you do not need this to vote) or call 01313442500. Turnout said to be low in Scotland so far - perhaps everyone read our party leader interviews and got cynical?