1999 National Assembly for Wales election information
1999 National Assembly for Wales election
6 May 1999
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All 60 seats to the National Assembly for Wales 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
46.3%
First party
Second party
Leader
Alun Michael
Dafydd Wigley
Party
Labour
Plaid Cymru
Leader's seat
Mid & West Wales
Caernarfon
Seats won
28
17
FPTP Vote
384,671
290,572
Percentage
37.6%
28.4%
List Vote
361,657
312,048
Percentage
35.4%
30.5%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Rod Richards
Michael German
Party
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat
North Wales
South Wales East
Seats won
9
6
FPTP Vote
162,133
137,857
Percentage
15.8%
13.5%
List Vote
168,206
128,008
Percentage
16.5%
12.5%
First Secretary after election
Alun Michael
Labour
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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; Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru). 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%.[1] 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.[2]
Results map of the 1999 National Assembly election (regional list results).
^Morgan, Bryn (12 May 1999). "Research Paper 99/51 – Welsh Assembly Elections: 6 May 1999". House of Commons Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
^Clark, D. (9 July 2021). "Welsh Parliament (Senedd Cymru) turnout rate 2021". Statista. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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