The SNP's chief executive has revealed that membership of the party has passed 115,000 ahead of the Holyrood election.
Asked on Twitter how many members the SNP has, Peter Murrell said that the figure currently stands at 115,102.
The number has risen from 25,462 on the day of the independence referendum on September 18, 2014.
25,642 on referendum day. 93,045 by 31 December 2014 and now 115,102 @rosscolquhoun @KennyFarq
— Peter Murrell (@PeterMurrell) February 17, 2016
Mr Murrell also confirmed that membership is still rising and has 'yet to peak'.
@camusson @rosscolquhoun @KennyFarq Yet to peak, still rising
— Peter Murrell (@PeterMurrell) February 17, 2016
In March 2015 HeraldScotland revealed that membership of the party had officially passed 100,000 just two months before the General Election. Nicola Sturgeon told members about the milestone at the party's conference.
The SNP won 56 out of Scotland's 59 seats in the election.
A Survation poll for the Daily Record last month revealed over half of Scots intend to vote for the SNP in the Holyrood elections in May.
Labour has the support of a fifth of voters in both constituency and regional Holyrood voting intentions, according to the poll, just four points ahead of the Conservatives (16%).
The Scottish Greens could pick up nearly a tenth (9%) of votes on the regional list and push the Liberal Democrats down into fifth place.
The poll would see the SNP rise to 70 seats, up from 69 in 2011, Labour drop from 37 to 26, the Tories gain three seats to 18, the Lib Dems rise from five to seven and the Greens rise from two to eight, according to Weber Shandwick's Scotland Votes tool.
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