Six things to watch out for in the Scottish electionBallot boxes arriving by ferry from the island of Bressay for the Shetland countThe campaigning is over, and votes have been cast. All that is left is to tally up the ballots and find out who has won the Scottish Parliament election. With local strongholds in the balance, familiar faces fighting to hold onto their seats and the future direction of Scottish politics at stake, every party has a part to play in this story. What should we look out for through the day as the results start to come in? A simple guide to the Scottish electionHow to follow BBC Scotland's election coverageWill there be an SNP majority?John Swinney has set a lofty goal for his SNP - winning an outright majority of 65 seats to try to force the issue of Scottish independence. Holyrood's electoral system makes this difficult. It includes 73 constituencies, elected first-past-the-post like seats at Westminster, as well as 56 more which use a form of proportional rep..