Editing 1979 Scottish devolution referendum (section)

==Result==
{{Referendum
|title = Do you want the provisions of the Scotland Act 1978 to be put into effect?
|yes = 1,230,937
|yespct = 51.62
|no = 1,153,502
|nopct = 48.38
|valid = 2,384,439
|validpct = 99.87
|invalid = 3,133
|invalidpct = 0.13
|total = 2,387,582
|turnoutpct = 63.72
|electorate = 3,747,112
|source = [https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP97-113/RP97-113.pdf House of Commons Library]
}}

{{Referendum bar
| title = National referendum

| text1       = Yes
| vote1       = 1,230,937
| background1 = #9f9
| textcolor1  = #000

| text2       = No
| vote2       = 1,153,532
| background2 = #f99
| textcolor2  = #000
}}

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
|+Results by counting area <ref>{{Cite book|last=Dewdney|first=Richard|url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP97-113/RP97-113.pdf|title=Results of Devolution Referendums (1979 & 1997) Research Paper No 97/113|publisher=[[House of Commons Library]]|year=1997|location=London, United Kingdom|pages=10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Parkhouse|first1=Geoffrey|last2=Trotter|first2=Stuart|date=3 March 1997|title=Split vote teaches Callaghan a lesson|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Glasgow Herald]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19790303&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref>
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Counting Area
! rowspan="2" |Valid Votes
! rowspan="2" |Turnout (%)
! colspan="2" |Votes
! colspan="2" |Proportion of Votes
! colspan="2" |Proportion of electorate
|-
!Yes
!No
!Yes
!No
!Yes
!No
|-
|style="background:#FF9999;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Scottish Borders|Borders]]
|51,526
|66.4%
|20,746
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''30,780'''
|40.3%
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''59.7%'''
|26.7%
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''39.7%'''
|-
|style="background:#99FF99;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Central Region, Scotland|Central]]
|130,401
|65.9%
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''71,296'''
|59,105
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''54.7%'''
|45.3%
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''36.0%'''
|29.9%
|-
|style="background:#FF9999;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Dumfries and Galloway]]
|67,401
|64.1%
|27,162
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''40,239'''
|40.3%
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''59.7%'''
|25.8%
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''38.2%'''
|-
|style="background:#99FF99;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Fife]]
|160,688
|65.3%
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''86,252'''
|74,436
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''53.7%'''
|46.3%
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''35.0%'''
|30.2%
|-
|style="background:#FF9999;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Grampian]]
|196,429
|57.2%
|94,944
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''101,485'''
|48.3%
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''51.7%'''
|27.6%
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''29.5%'''
|-
|style="background:#99FF99;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
|88,247
|64.7%
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''44,973'''
|43,274
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''51.0%'''
|49.0%
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''33.0%'''
|31.7%
|-
|style="background:#99FF99;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Lothian]]
|373,642
|65.9%
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''187,221'''
|186,421
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''50.1%'''
|49.9%
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''33.0%'''
|32.9%
|-
|style="background:#FF9999;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Orkney Islands]]
|7,543
|54.1%
|2,104
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''5,439'''
|27.9%
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''72.1%'''
|15.1%
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''39.0%'''
|-
|style="background:#FF9999;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Shetland Islands]]
|7,486
|50.3%
|2,020
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''5,466'''
|27.0%
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''73.0%'''
|13.6%
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''36.7%'''
|-
|style="background:#99FF99;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Strathclyde]]
|1,105,118
|62.5%
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''596,519'''
|508,599
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''54.0%'''
|46.0%
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''33.7%'''
|28.7%
|-
|style="background:#FF9999;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Tayside]]
|184,807
|63.0%
|91,482
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''93,325'''
|49.5%
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''50.5%'''
|31.2%
|style="background:#FFCCCC;"|'''31.8%'''
|-
|style="background:#99FF99;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Western Isles]]
|11,151
|49.9%
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''6,218'''
|4,933
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''55.8%'''
|44.2%
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''27.8%'''
|22.1%
|-
|style="background:#99FF99;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|'''Total<ref name=":0" group="note">The percentage of the electorate voting Yes was 32.5% on an unadjusted basis. After the electoral roll was adjusted for 40,200 ineligible voters (deaths; students and nurses registered at more than one address; prisoners), the % of the electorate voting Yes for the purposes of the Act was 32.9%.</ref>'''
|2,384,439
|63.0%
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''1,230,937'''
|1,153,500
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''51.6%'''
|48.4%
|style="background:#CCFFCC;"|'''32.5%'''
|30.5%
|}