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Registered | 3,737,145 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 44.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colours denote the winning party with outright control |
Regional elections were held in Scotland on Tuesday 2 May 1978, as part of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. They saw a resurgence of support for the Labour Party, retaining control of Strathclyde and Fife and winning Central and Lothian.[1]