Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 19 ga Satumba, 2014, bayan sakamakon zaben raba gardama na 'yancin kai
wanda ya tabbatar da yawancin mutanen Scotland sun zabi 'yancin kai, Salmond ya sanar da cewa zai yi murabus a matsayin Firayim Minista a watan Nuwamba na 2014. A ranar 15 ga Oktoba, Mataimakin Firayim Minista Nicola Sturgeon ne kawai dan takarar da ya tsaya takarar shugabanci, kuma ya gaji Salmond a matsayin shugaban SNP bayan taron jam'iyyar na kasa a Perth a ranar 14 ga Nuwamba. Salmond ya gabatar da murabus a matsayin Firayim Minista ga Majalisar Scottish da Sarauniya a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba, kuma zaɓen Sturgeon a matsayin wanda zai gaje shi da Majalisar Scottish ya faru a ranar da ta biyo baya.