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Edinburgh Eastern was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Edinburgh. Under the additional-member system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the seat elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election, and was also one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Electoral region
During the period Edinburgh Eastern was in existence, the other eight constituencies of the Lothian region were: Almond Valley, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern, Edinburgh Western, Linlithgow and Midlothian North and Musselburgh In this period the region included all of the City of Edinburgh council area, parts of the East Lothian council area, parts of the Midlothian council area and all of the West Lothian council area. ==Constituency boundaries and council area==
Constituency boundaries and council area
During the period Edinburgh Eastern was in existence, Edinburgh was represented in the Scottish Parliament by six constituencies: Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Eastern, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Pentlands, Edinburgh Southern and Edinburgh Western. The following electoral wards of the City of Edinburgh Council were used to define Edinburgh Eastern in the 2011 boundary review: • In full: Craigentinny/Duddingston • In part: City Centre, Leith, Liberton/Gilmerton, Portobello/Craigmillar ==Member of the Scottish Parliament==
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