SNP set for election humiliation leaving nationalists with just TEN seats - fewer than even the Tories - leaving their independence dream in tatters as Scots turn their back on scandal-ravaged party

The SNP is set for a major election humiliation in Scotland that could leave it with fewer seats than Nigel Farage's Reform UK, polls suggest.

John Swinney's scandal-ravaged nationalists are expected to be left with just 10 seats, a fall of 80 per cent from the high of 48 the party achieved in 2019. 

They would be left with fewer seats north of the border even than the Tories, who are facing a pummelling at the hands of Labour UK-wide. The Conservatives are projected to take 12 seats.

It comes after a dismal year for the SNP, which is at the centre of a financial scandal and rows over trans rights and its independence strategy. 

Sir Keir Starmer's party's success appears to have extended north of the border, with the SNP losing 38 seats compared with the 2019 election, many at the hands of Labour.

The first result in Scotland is expected to be Rutherglen, which could declare at 1am.

Speaking on ITV, former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said she believed the results of the exit poll would turn out to be 'broadly right'.

'This is not a good night for the SNP on these numbers,' she said.

'I think there will be a question about whether there was enough in the campaign to give out, effectively, a USP to the SNP in an election that was about getting the Tories out and replacing them with Labour.'

The first result in Scotland is expected to be Rutherglen, which could declare at 1am.