Scottish Parliament
For elections to the Scottish Parliament, the city is divided among six of the nine constituencies in the Lothians electoral region. Each constituency elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post system of election, and the region elects seven additional members (also called MSPs) to produce a form of proportional representation.
Until the United Kingdom general election, 2005, Edinburgh Scottish Parliament and Parliament of the United Kingdom constituencies were coterminous (shared the same geographical boundaries). The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004, a piece of United Kingdom Parliament legislation, had removed the link, to enable Scottish Parliament constituencies to retain established boundaries despite the introduction of new boundaries for United Kingdom Parliament constituencies.
In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, the six Edinburgh constituencies elected five Scottish National Party MSPs and one Labour MSP:
| Party | Constituency | Member | |
| Scottish National Party | Edinburgh Central | Marco Biagi | |
| Scottish National Party | Edinburgh Eastern | Kenny MacAskill | |
| Labour | Edinburgh Northern and Leith | Malcolm Chisholm | |
| Scottish National Party | Edinburgh Pentlands | Gordon MacDonald | |
| Scottish National Party | Edinburgh Southern | Jim Eadie | |
| Scottish National Party | Edinburgh Western | Colin Keir |
The following additional members were elected to represent the Lothians electoral region:
| Party | Member | |
| Labour | Sarah Boyack | |
| Conservative | David McLetchie | |
| Labour | Kezia Dugdale | |
| Scottish Green Party | Alison Johnstone | |
| Independent | Margo MacDonald | |
| Labour | Neil Findlay | |
| Conservative | Gavin Brown |
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