Alex Salmond beat Roseanna Cunningham and Mike Russell
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Defeated candidate Roseanna Cunningham has admitted that she was "well stuffed" in the contest to become leader of the Scottish National Party.
Alex Salmond secured 4,952 votes - almost 4,000 more than the Perth MSP - as he clinched a resounding victory in the ballot.
"It's pretty convincing, so there's not much you can quibble about," she said.
Mike Russell, who finished in third place with 631 votes, agreed that it was a "very decisive" result.
"On the basis of that, we will all try and will be making sure that the party goes forwards," he said.
Ms Cunningham, who was deputy leader under John Swinney, agreed that it was a "pretty convincing" result.
"Mike and I got well stuffed and obviously the party's got to move on now," she said.
Mr Salmond's running mate Nicola Sturgeon secured the deputy leader's position after securing just over half the vote of party members.
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VOTES CAST - LEADER
Alex Salmond - 4,952 (75.76%)
Roseanna Cunningham - 953 (14.58%)
Mike Russell - 631 (9.65%)
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Fergus Ewing, the MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, took second place with just under a quarter of the votes.
He said the leadership contest had given "momentum" to the SNP.
"The people have spoken and they did not say Fergus Ewing," he conceded.
"I will provide full support and loyalty to the newly-elected leadership team.
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VOTES CAST - DEPUTY LEADER
Nicola Sturgeon - 3,521 (53.87%)
Fergus Ewing - 1,605 (24.56%)
Christine Grahame - 1,410 (21.57%)
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"Beyond question, this election has given the SNP a boost."
Christine Grahame achieved 21% of the vote as she came third in the deputy leadership contest.
"With a high turnout, I suspected this would be how the results would be," she said.
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