Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond holds the referendum white paper on independence during its launch in Glasgow, Scotland November 26, 2013. She acted as the SNP's Westminster trade spokesperson.
In the last general election in 2015, the SNP took all but three of Scotland's 59 seats at Westminster.
The sentiment was also noted by CNN's Nic Robertson.
Earlier, Douglas Ross of the Tories overturned a majority of 9,065 to defeat the SNP's deputy leader Angus Robertson by 4,200 votes in Moray.
Mr Ross, who is now an MSP at Holyrood and also a professional football referee, overturned his rival's majority of 9,065 to win the constituency.
Ms Swinson had held the seat for a decade before being ousted by Mr Nicolson in 2015.
Speaking to the BBC, Sturgeon said: "I'm not going to rush to hasty judgements or decisions, but clearly there's thinking for me to do about the SNP result ..."
"I think we have seen the country's reaction in the number of SNP seats falling", she told the BBC.
At the time of writing, the Tories have taken eleven seats from the Scottish National Party.
However, if the overall election results in a hung parliament, the SNP would win some comfort in the form of rare influence over UK-wide politics.
Conservatives, Labour Take Seats From SNP
Aberdeen South also switched from SNP to Conservative, with MSP Ross Thomson claiming the Westminster constituency. Gavin Newlands has held the neighbouring Paisley and Renfrewshire North seat for the SNP.
Britain's Conservative Party has claimed the scalp of Angus Robertson, the leader of the Scottish National Party in the Westminster parliament, in one of five losses for Scotland's pro-independence party.
The newly-elected MP finished third in the seat in 2015, but he was one of the Conservative's biggest winners on the night.
While pollster Mark Diffley from Ipsos MORI said: "Scrambling to think where the 22 SNP losses come from".
"What we've got is a crushing result for the SNP, they've lost 20 seats if not more and further than that they've watched their majorities crumble".
The Tory success in Scotland is in stark contrast to the situation south of the border, with Theresa May losing her majority and the election resulting in a hung parliament.
The Tories picked up one of their top target seats, with former MSP John Lamont defeating the SNP's Calum Ross to win Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk. She said the party, still the third-largest in the British Parliament, would seek to back a "progressive government" for the United Kingdom.
The Labour leader won big in his constituency, with over 40,000 votes.
This has been a disaster for Theresa May.
In nearly every seat in Scotland, Ruth Davidson's party saw its share of the vote increase and the scale of her victories north of the border, despite setbacks down south, saw the Scottish Tory leader declare: "Indyref2 is dead".
Ian Murray, who had been the only Labour MP in 2015, retained Edinburgh South with a massively increased majority as the party won a total of seven seats.
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