The Scottish Parliament election will see 73 MSPs returned to Holyrood to represent constituencies across the country.

Here, the PA news agency takes a look at some of the battleground seats which could prove crucial in determining the outcome of the election.

Dumbarton

Anas Sarwar and Jackie Baillie
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and Jackie Baillie hope to hold on to her Dumbarton seat (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Edinburgh Central

Former SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson is hoping to make a return to elected politics, as he contests the Edinburgh Central seat for the SNP (Jane Barlow/PA)

Glasgow Southside

Anas Sarwar has chosen to take on Nicola Sturgeon in the Glasgow Southside constituency (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

This is the top target seat for Willie Rennie’s Scottish Liberal Democrats. Their candidate Molly Nolan is from the Highlands, having returned to the area after studying at Harvard University in the US. The SNP’s Gail Ross won the seat in 2016, but after she decided to leave Holyrood it is being contested this time round by children’s minister Maree Todd. This is the northernmost constituency on the mainland, and covers a vast area across the Highlands – an area which was formerly a heartlands for the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

Eastwood

Jackson Carlaw
Jackson Carlaw hopes to hold on to his Eastwood seat (Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail/PA)

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