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The elections will be organised in 16 six-member constituencies created by pairing up the 32 redrawn Westminster constituencies. [13] [14] Although the new system would only be ready and used for elections held after 6 April 2026, to allow time for the new constituencies to be drawn up. [15] The next election is due to be held on 7 May 2026. [16]
This is a list of elections to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament; Welsh: Senedd Cymru; formerly the National Assembly for Wales until May 2020), the devolved legislature of Wales. These elections have been held regularly since its establishment in 1999.
Welsh constituencies used in the election, labelled. The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, as amended by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020, mandated the number of seats in Wales be reduced from 40 to 32 to more accurately reflect its share of registered voters, including one coterminous with the Isle of Anglesey.
This year’s Welsh Parliament election is the first since the legislature was renamed from the National Assembly of Wales.
Pages in category "General elections in Wales to the Parliament of the United Kingdom" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The election was held alongside the Scottish Parliament election, English local elections, London Assembly and mayoral election and the Hartlepool by-election. It was the first election in which 16- and 17-year-olds and legally resident foreign nationals were allowed to vote in Wales, the largest extension of the franchise in Wales since 1969.
Once he is confirmed on Wednesday by the Welsh parliament, the Senedd, where Labour is the largest party, Gething will become the fifth first minister since Wales’ national legislature was ...
Election Candidate Votes % Position 1943 University of Wales by-election: Saunders Lewis: 1,330: 22.5: 2 1945 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election: John Edward Daniel: 6,844: 24.8: 2 1945 Neath by-election: Wynne Samuel: 6,290: 16.2: 2