The SNP’s Stewart Hosie provided a rare bright spot for the SNP by strengthening his hold in Dundee East.
Going into the the election with a margin of less than 400 votes, he managed to increase that to more than 1800.
Mr Hosie was delighted to have significantly increased his majority in a seat he took from Labour in 2005.
“I’m delighted to have increased my majority by five-fold,” he said.
“It is a matter of some personal pride and I’m delighted the Dundee voters have again put their trust in me.
“We had a really good positive campaign saying no to cuts, no to job losses and the need to stop the country tipping back into recession.
“Labour have played the fear card in Scotland. It’s obviously disappointing that Jim Barrie couldn’t give us a clean sweep (in Dundee West) but Labour played the fear message and it certainly had some traction.
“They made people think that if they didn’t vote Labour in Scotland then the Tories would get in.
“Breaking over that fear message proved difficult.”
Defeated Labour candidate Katrina Murray said she was pleased with the result, despite not taking the seat.
“I’m disappointed not to have been elected but very pleased at the result,” she said.
“The SNP majority certainly didn’t increase as much as could have been expected by the Holyrood result three years ago.
“So we feel Labour has fought back in the city.”