Election Blog Live: Polls close, count to begin

Fife election - Returning Officer Steve Grimmond speaks to the media (Pic: FFP)

The first General Election to be held in a December since 1923 saw voting begin at 7:00 am.

Over 270,000 people are registered to vote in Fife, with a network of 294 polling stations.

Reports during the day pointed to a good turn out.

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The four constituencies being contested are Dunfermline and West Fife; Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath; Glenrothes; and North East Fife.

The first ballot box is expected to be opened around 10:!5 pm, but results won’t come until the early hours of the morning.

The estimated time to declare Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes is between 2:00 am and 3:00am, with Dunfermline and North East Fife following by 4:30 am - but the results could easily come much later.

There is a huge media presence at the count - one of the biggest in many years in Fife.