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Elections to Shetland Islands Council were held on May 3 2012 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the second using the seven new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 each ward elected three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation with 22 Councillors elected. As in 2007 Independents took all of the 22 seats on the Council.