The SNP won 48 seats at the previous General Election, but are on course to claim less than 10, as results continue to be declared.
Scottish Labour overturned almost a decade of SNP dominance in Scotland 's Westminster seats, sweeping the party out of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Despite the results, Swinney's predecessor, Sturgeon, insisted he was the "best guy to lead us forward", adding: "We've got to reflect on how we regain that trust with people on core issues of delivery and also re-inject a bit of hope for the future.Swinney told a press conference on Friday that the SNP had "failed to convince" the people of Scotland on independence.
Swinney added: "The Scottish National Party needs to be healed and it needs to heal its relationship with the people of Scotland, and I am absolutely committed to doing that."Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said he was "absolutely delighted" with his party's performance and thanked the people of Scotland for "putting their faith and trust in the Scottish Labour Party".
"He spent the entire six weeks attacking the Labour Party because it seems the only person more depressed at the thought of the Tory government ending and the Labour government was John Swinney and the SNP," he said.
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