Cika wannan jumla: A ranar 19 ga Satumba, 2014, bayan sakamakon binciken
bayan zaben raba gardama na 'yancin kai wanda ya tabbatar da cewa mafi yawan mutanen Scotland sun kada kuri'a a kan' 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.