Pro-independence parties could win 79 Scottish Parliament seats, poll suggests

More than 1,000 Scots were polled ahead of the Scottish Parliament election (Jane Barlow/PA)

Pro-independence parties could win 79 of the Scottish Parliament’s 129 seats in the upcoming election, a new opinion poll suggests.

Alex Salmond’s new Alba Party would win six seats, according to an analysis of the Panelbase poll for the Sunday Times.