The Scottish National Party first put a candidate up for election in the 1929 general election. The Scottish National Party won its first MP to the House of Commons in 1970. Between 1929 and 1979, the votes for the Scottish National Party rose in that time from 3,313 to 504,259.
1929: 3,313 votes in Scotland
1931: 20,954 votes in Scotland
1935: 25,652 votes in Scotland
1945: 30,595 votes in Scotland
1950: 9,708 votes in Scotland
1951: 7,299 votes in Scotland
1955: 12,112 votes in Scotland
1959: 21,738 votes in Scotland
1964: 64,044 votes in Scotland
1966: 128,474 votes in Scotland
1970: 306,802 votes in Scotland
1974: 633,180 votes in Scotland
1974: 839,617 votes in Scotland
1979: 504,259 votes in Scotland
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