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His was a party fractured over independence strategy, gender politics and environmental commitments plus the legacy of harassment complaints against the former first minister Alex Salmond that were mishandled by the Scottish government.

The contest was held following the sudden death of party founder and former First Minister Alex Salmond.

The contest was triggered after Salmond, aged 69, died of a heart attack while attending a conference in North Macedonia in October.

Alba was set up by Salmond in the lead up to the 2021 Holyrood election.

From a group happy to do budget deals with the Tories under Alex Salmond, to one allied with lefty Greens under Ms Sturgeon.