Falkirk East (Gaelic: An Eaglais Bhreac an Ear) was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Falkirk. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it was also one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, for the 1999 Scottish Parliament election. Ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the boundaries of the seat were reformed and reshaped. As a result of the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2025, the constituency was abolished from the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. Most of Falkirk East will be joined with parts of Linlithgow to become the new seat of Falkirk East and Linlithgow. Some areas will also be transferred to Falkirk West.
The seat has been held by Michelle Thomson of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.
The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region were: Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill.
The region covered all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area. From the 2026 Scottish Parliament election it will be replaced by the new Central Scotland and Lothians West electoral region.
The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster (UK House of Commons) constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies. The Holyrood constituency was subsequently itself redrawn for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, with the newly shaped Falkirk East being formed from the following electoral wards: