Expected declaration time: 2am; 2.8% of the electorate Expected to declare around 2am, this is a traditionally Conservative area with strong SNP representation in Holyrood from stalwarts Roseanna Cunningham and John Swinney.
Expected declaration time: 4am; 4.4% of the electorate One of the areas to declare later, with results expected at 4am, and with an electorate of nearly 191,000, the Highlands have a mainly rural population, which is expected to strongly favour no, although the area includes Inverness where the yes campaign has been especially active.
Whether the expected declaration, later this year, that the black-browed albatross is officially a threatened species will make any difference remains to be seen.
All the councils, along with information on expected declaration times and current seat majority are listed at the foot of this post.
However an expected declaration this morning by Robert Croft is likely to leave him ruing the few dot balls of his innings which prevented perfect start to his season.
Expected declaration time: 5am; 8.8% of the electorate Scotland's political and financial capital has the country's second-largest electorate, with 377,413 registered voters.
An Israeli poll for The Peace Index found that 70% of Jews in Israel expect a popular uprising following the expected declaration of a Palestinian state in September and its possible recognition by the UN.
5am expected declaration time; 11.5% of electorate With 486,219 registered voters – more than 11% of the total Scottish electorate – Glasgow will be both the largest single council area to declare and the latest, with the result expected at 5am.
Expected declaration time: 3am; 4.8% of the electorate A largely rural, prosperous county which cuts into the Cairngorm mountains, with some of the UK's largest surviving fishing ports at Peterhead and Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire has 206,487 voters.
Expected declaration time: 6am; 4.2% of the electorate Made rich and secure by 40 years of North Sea oil production, Aberdeen dominates north-east Scotland, the original heartland for the SNP.
Expected declaration time: 4am; 7.1% of the electorate Known to its proudly independent residents as the Kingdom of Fife, this large semi-rural county north of Edinbugh has Scotland's third-largest electorate of 302,108 voters.
