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Welsh Assembly Election, 1999

National Assembly for Wales election, 1999
Wales
6 May 1999 2003 →

All 60 seats to the National Assembly for Wales
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 46%
  First party Second party
  AlunMichael crop.jpg Dafydd Wigley.jpg
Leader Alun Michael Dafydd Wigley
Party Labour Plaid Cymru
Leader's seat Mid and West Wales Caernarfon
Seats won 28 17
Constituency Votes 384,671 290,572
Constituency % 37.6 28.4
List Votes 361,657 312,048
List % 35.4 30.5

  Third party Fourth party
  Michael German.jpg
Leader Rod Richards Michael German
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat North Wales South Wales East
Seats won 9 6
Constituency Votes 162,133 137,857
Constituency % 15.8 13.5
List Votes 168,206 128,008
List % 16.5 12.5

Welsh Assembly election 1999 map.svg
Map of Wales showing constituency results

Elected First Secretary

Alun Michael
Labour


Alun Michael
Labour

The first National Assembly for Wales elections were held on 6 May 1999. The overall turnout of voters was 46.3%. Although Welsh Labour were the biggest party, they did not gain enough seats to form a majority government and instead entered into coalition with the Liberal Democrats. The election was marked by the historically high level of support for Plaid Cymru, who won their highest share of the vote in any Wales-wide election and, as of 2016, their highest number of seats in an Assembly election to date. The party won considerable support in traditionally safe Labour areas such as the South Wales Valleys, winning Rhondda and Islwyn and narrowly failing to win a number of other seats.

For lists of constituencies and regions, see National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions.


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