DNG Media staff photographer captures scenes from the Scottish Election count at Easterbrook Hall on Thursday evening...
CELEBRATION . . . Finlay Carson is elected as MSP for the Conservatives in the Galloway and West Dumfries seat
FAMILY . . . newly elected Conservative MSP Finlay Carson with wife Charlotte, left, and daughter Vicky
ADDING UP . . . ballot papers were counted through the night
NEW ROLE . . . newly elected MSP for Dumfriesshire Oliver Mundell with wife CatherinePRIDE . . . Dumfriesshire MP David Mundell looks on as son Oliver wins the ballotMIXED FORTUNES . . . Joan McAlpine, left, who was returned as a regional List MSP for the SNP, with former Environment Minister Aileen McLeod who failed to win the Galloway and West Dumfries seat DEPARTURE . . . former Dumfriesshire constituency MSP Elaine Murray makes her concession speechSUPPORT . . . former MSP Elaine Murray with husband Councillor Jeff Leaver and their sons