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Andrew Quinn

Voting in the SNP leadership contest ends as candidates await result of bitter race

Voting for the SNP leadership contest has closed.

The ballot ended at noon after being open for two weeks.

The result will be announced at around 2pm this afternoon at an event at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.

Health secretary Humza Yousaf, finance secretary Kate Forbes and former communities minister Ash Regan are bidding to replace Nicola Sturgeon.

Nicola Sturgeon has been SNP leader and First Minister since 2014.

She was deputy leader for 10 years previous to that and was Deputy First Minister between 2007 and 2014.

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