10 December 2009 16 March 2012 29 seats 12 seats Date 6 May 2021 | 16 March 2012 14 July 2011 12 seats 11 seats Location Wales, United Kingdom | |
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The next National Assembly for Wales election is due to be held on Thursday 6 May 2021 to elect 60 members to the Welsh Assembly. It would be the sixth general election since the assembly was established in 1999.
Five parties had AMs in the fifth Assembly: Welsh Labour led by First Minister Carwyn Jones, Plaid Cymru led by Leanne Wood, Welsh Conservatives led by Andrew R. T. Davies, UKIP Wales led by Neil Hamilton, and the Welsh Liberal Democrats, led by Mark Williams.
Electoral method
In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes in a mixed member system. The first vote is for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote is for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation. The overall result is approximately proportional.
In accordance to the Wales Act 2014, a candidate is allowed to stand in both a constituency, as well as a regional list. But, dual mandates with the House of Commons is illegal, meaning an Assembly Member can not also be an MP.