This election will see the election of 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), 73 Constituency Members and 56 Regional Members.

The Falkirk Council area is split over 2 Scottish Parliament constituencies:

• Falkirk East and Linlithgow
• Falkirk West

Both constituencies are contained within the Central Scotland and Lothians West Region.

Elections to the Scottish Parliament are carried out using the Additional Member Voting system. This voting system combines the traditional First Past the Post system (FPP) and Proportional Representation (PR).

Voters have 2 votes in these elections.

The first vote is to elect a person to be their Constituency Member.

The person who wins the most votes using the FPP voting system becomes the Constituency Member.

The second vote is to elect Regional representatives.

Voters can select a political party or an individual candidate (if there are any standing) for a seat in a Scottish Parliament Region.

There are 7 MSPs for each of the 8 Scottish Parliament Regions. Candidates or parties are elected using a PR voting system and are called 'List' MSPs.