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1999 National Assembly for Wales election

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Field	Value
election_name	1999 National Assembly for Wales election
country	Wales
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
election_date	6 May 1999
next_election	2003 National Assembly for Wales election
next_year	2003
seats_for_election	All 60 seats to the National Assembly for Wales
majority_seats	31
opinion_polls	Opinion polling for the 1999 National Assembly for Wales election
turnout	46.3%
image1
leader1	Alun Michael
party1	Welsh Labour
leaders_seat1	Mid & West Wales
seats1	28
1blank	FPTP Vote
1data1	384,671
map_image	[[File:1999 Senedd Election.svg	300px]]
title	First Secretary
posttitle	First Secretary after election
after_election	Alun Michael
after_party	Welsh Labour
2blank	Percentage
3blank	List Vote
4blank	Percentage
2data1	37.6%
3data1	361,657
4data1	35.4%
image2
leader2	Dafydd Wigley
party2	Plaid Cymru
leaders_seat2	Caernarfon
seats2	17
1data2	290,572
2data2	28.4%
3data2	312,048
4data2	30.5%
image4
leader4	Rod Richards
party4	Welsh Conservatives
leaders_seat4	North Wales
seats4	9
1data4	162,133
2data4	15.8%
3data4	168,206
4data4	16.5%
image5
leader5	Michael German
party5	Welsh Liberal Democrats
leaders_seat5	South Wales East
seats5	6
1data5	137,857
2data5	13.5%
3data5	128,008
4data5	12.5%

The 1999 National Assembly for Wales election was held on Thursday 6 May 1999 to elect 60 members to the Senedd, at the time called the National Assembly for Wales (Welsh Parliament; ). It was the first devolved general election held in Wales after the successful 1997 Welsh devolution referendum. The election was held alongside the Scottish Parliament election (also the first of its kind) and English local elections.

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 remains their highest number of seats in a Senedd 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.

The overall turnout of voters was 46.3%. This would remain the highest ever turnout for a devolved election in Wales until the 2021 Senedd election, which saw 46.6 of voters cast their ballot.

Results map of the 1999 National Assembly election (regional list results)

Election results

Overall turnout: 46.3% |- |- !rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Parties !colspan=10 | Additional member system !rowspan=2 colspan=5 | Total seats |- !colspan=5 |Constituency !colspan=5 |Region |- ! Votes !! % !! +/− !! Seats !! +/− ! Votes !! % !! +/− !! Seats !! +/− ! Total !! +/− !! % |- |votes % = 37.6 |AMS votes % = 35.4 |Seats % = 46.7 |votes % = 28.4 |AMS votes % = 30.5 |Seats % = 28.3 |votes % = 15.8 |AMS votes % = 16.5 |Seats % = 15.0 |votes % = 13.5 |AMS votes % = 12.5 |Seats % = 10.0 |votes % = 0.1 |AMS votes % = 2.5 |Seats % = 0 |votes % = - |AMS votes % = 1.0 |Seats % = 0 |votes % = - |AMS votes % = 0.4 |Seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.4 |AMS votes % = 0.4 |Seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.1 |AMS votes % = 0.1 |Seats % = 0 |votes % = 3.0 |AMS votes % = - |Seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.4 |AMS votes % = - |Seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.8 |AMS votes % = 0.5 |Seats % = 0 |- | || Total || 1,023,225 || || || 40 || || 1,019,987 || || || 20 || || 60 || || |}

Votes summary

Constituency and regional summary

Mid and West Wales

North Wales

South Wales Central

South Wales East

South Wales West

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 1999 National Assembly for Wales election

References

(12 May 1999). "Research Paper 99/51 – Welsh Assembly Elections: 6 May 1999". House of Commons Library.
Clark, D.. (9 July 2021). "Welsh Parliament (Senedd Cymru) turnout rate 2021".

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