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The first National Assembly for Wales elections were held on 6 May 1999. The overall turnout of voters was 46.3%. Although the Welsh Labour Party 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

Plaid Cymru

' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...

, who won their highest share of the vote in any Wales-wide election and, as of 2011, 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

South Wales Valleys

The South Wales Valleys are a number of industrialised valleys in South Wales, stretching from eastern Carmarthenshire in the west to western Monmouthshire in the east and from the Heads of the Valleys in the north to the lower-lying, pastoral country of the Vale of Glamorgan and the coastal plain...

, winning Rhondda

Rhondda (Assembly constituency)

Rhondda is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight...

and Islwyn and narrowly failing to win a number of other seats.

The breakdown of voting was as follows:

Constituency (first-past-the-post
Plurality voting system
The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...

) results

Overall turnout: 46%
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Party		Votes	Seats	% share of vote
384,671	27	37.6
290,572	9	28.4
162,133	1	15.8
137,857	3	13.5
	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	29,219	0	2.9
4,134	0	0.4
3,967	0	0.4
	Tourism and Farmers	2,726	0	0.3
	People's Representative	2,529	0	0.2
	Democratic Alliance	1,908	0	0.2
1,002	0	0.1
	New Millennium Bean	849	0	0.1
	Local Socialist	839	0	0.1
609	0	0.1
	Celtic Alliance	210	0	<0.1
	Total	1,023,225	40

Regional-list (additional-member
Mixed member proportional representation
Mixed-member proportional representation, also termed mixed-member proportional voting and commonly abbreviated to MMP, is a voting system originally used to elect representatives to the German Bundestag, and nowadays adopted by numerous legislatures around the world...

) results

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Party		Votes	Seats	% share of vote
361,657	1	35.4
312,048	8	30.5
168,206	8	16.5
128,008	3	12.5
25,858	0	2.5
10,720	0	1.0
3,861	0	0.4
3,590	0	0.4
	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	3,116	0	0.3
	People's Representative	2,074	0	0.2
1,366	0	0.1
	Rhuddlan Debt	1,353	0	0.1
	Total	1,019,987	20

Party totals

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Party		Seats
28	46.6
17	28.3
9	15.0
6	10.0
	Total	60

Mid and West Wales

	Conservative Party Welsh Conservative Party The Welsh Conservatives & Unionists , informally the Welsh Conservatives or Welsh Tories, are the part of the Conservative Party which operates in Wales...	Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Labour Party	Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats The Welsh Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties of the federal Liberal Democrats and operate within Wales, the others being the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England....	Natural Law Party Natural Law Party The Natural Law Party was a transnational party based on the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It was active in up to 74 countries, and ran candidates in at least ten. Founded in 1992, it was mostly disbanded in 2004 but continues in India and in some U.S. states.The NLP viewed "natural law" as...	Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...	Socialist Labour Party Socialist Labour Party (UK) The Socialist Labour Party is a far left socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party is led by former trade union leader Arthur Scargill, who established it in 1996 as a breakaway from the Labour Party...
1.	Nick Bourne Nick Bourne Nicholas Henry Bourne is a Welsh Conservative politician. He served as the Leader of the Welsh Conservative Party and as a member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Mid and West Wales electoral region from August 1999 until May 2011...	Dave Bradney	Suzanne Turner	Alun Michael Alun Michael Alun Edward Michael is a British Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Cardiff South and Penarth since 1987. He was formerly First Minister of Wales and leader of the Welsh Labour Party from 1999 to 2000.-Education:Michael was born at Bryngwran Anglesey, son of...	Roger Williams Roger Williams (UK politician) Roger Hugh Williams is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire since the 2001 general election.-Early life:...	Richard Johnson	Cynog Dafis Cynog Dafis Cynog Glyndwr Dafis is a Welsh politician and member of the Plaid Cymru party. He was a school teacher and researcher before entering politics.-Education:...	Richard Booth Richard Booth Richard George William Pitt Booth, MBE , is a Welsh bookseller, known for his contribution to the success of Hay-on-Wye as a centre for second-hand bookselling...
2.	Glyn Davies Glyn Davies (Welsh politician) Glyn Davies is a Welsh Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire since May 2010, and is a former member of the National Assembly for Wales in the Mid and West Wales region .-Background:Educated at Castle Caereinion...	Sarah Scott-Cato		Delyth Evans Delyth Evans Delyth Evans born 17 March 1958, Cardiff was the Labour National Assembly for Wales member for Mid and West Wales 2000-03.-Education:She attended Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen and the University of Wales, Aberystwyth...	Juliana Hughes	Peter Warburton	Cynog Dafis	Miriam Bowen
3.	Owen John Williams	Sue Walker		Vaughan Gething	Graham Brown	Diere Sleeman	Delyth Richards	Martha Page-Harris
4.	Felix Aubel	Timothy Shaw		Sioned Mair Richards	David Lloyd	John Edwards	David Senior	George Tofarides
5.	David Edwards	Timothy Foster			Doiran Evans	Janet Ayliffe	David Petersen
6.	Helen Stoddart				Tim Dumper	Roger Ellis	Simon Thomas
7.	Henri Lloyd Davies				Nicholas Burree	Nanne Scott	Elenor Bonner-Evans
8.	Barrie Harding				Richard Tyler		Alun Lloyd-Jones
9.	Frank Morgan				Louise Williams
10.	Peter Stock				David Selby
11.	Nigel Bowie				Gwynant Davies
12.	Kenneth Cross				Deanna Leboff

North Wales

	Communist Party of Britain Communist Party of Britain The Communist Party of Britain is a communist political party in Great Britain. Although founded in 1988 it traces its origins back to 1920 and the Communist Party of Great Britain, and claims the legacy of that party and its most influential members Harry Pollitt and John Gollan as its...	Conservative Party Welsh Conservative Party The Welsh Conservatives & Unionists , informally the Welsh Conservatives or Welsh Tories, are the part of the Conservative Party which operates in Wales...	Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	Labour Party	Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats The Welsh Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties of the federal Liberal Democrats and operate within Wales, the others being the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England....	Natural Law Party Natural Law Party The Natural Law Party was a transnational party based on the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It was active in up to 74 countries, and ran candidates in at least ten. Founded in 1992, it was mostly disbanded in 2004 but continues in India and in some U.S. states.The NLP viewed "natural law" as...	Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...	Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign	United Socialist Party Welsh Socialist Alliance The Welsh Socialist Alliance was a socialist political organisation in Wales. It was closely related to, but separate from the Socialist Alliance.It was founded by the Socialist Party of England and Wales and Cymru Goch and some independents...
1.	Glyn Davies	Rod Richards Rod Richards Roderick Richards was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Clwyd North West, in Wales, from 1992 to 1997, when he lost his seat in the Labour Party landslide...	Jim Killock	Tom Jones	Christine Humphreys Christine Humphreys Christine Humphreys is the President of the Welsh Liberal Democrats and was Member of the Welsh Assembly for the North Wales regional constituency from 1999 to 2001. She was the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Wales on Economics and the Environment....	David Hughes	Janet Ryder Janet Ryder Janet Ryder is a Welsh politician. She was a Plaid Cymru member of the National Assembly for Wales for North Wales from 1999 to 2011. She moved with her family to Wales in 1990 and has since learnt Welsh....	Colin Hughes	Maurice Jones
2.	Thomas Williams	Peter Rogers Peter Rogers (Welsh politician) Peter Rogers was a Welsh Conservative politician, currently an Independent candidate at Assembly elections, and formerly a farmer and magistrate.-Education:Prenton Secondary School, Birkenhead...	Christopher Busby	Margaret Pritchard	Eleanor Burnham Eleanor Burnham Eleanor Burnham is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician, and was a Member of the Welsh Assembly for the North Wales Regional Constituency until May 2011.-Background:...	Thomas Mullins	Siôn Brynach	David Neal	Janet Williams
3.	Greg Foster	David I Jones David Jones (Welsh politician) David Ian Jones MP , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he is currently the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales, and a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Clwyd West.-Early life:...	Robin Welch	Eifion Wyn Williams Eifion Wyn Williams Eifion Wyn Williams is an environmental development officer and political candidate, working for Environment Wales and the Cylch-Wales Community Recycling Network....	Phill Lloyd	Jean Leadbiter	Fflur Roberts		David Clarke
4.	Kenneth Davies	Karen Lumley	Klaus Armstrong-Braun	Nia Roberts Nia Roberts Nia Roberts is a Welsh radio and television presenter.She is one of the best known faces on Welsh channel S4C regularly fronting competitions, festivals and shows for the channel...	Robina Feeley	Gwyndaf Evans	Gwynfor Owen		Lyn Owen
5.		Neil Formstone	Angela Loveridge		Jeff Clarke	Susan Parry	Eilian Williams
6.		David R Jones	Alexandra Plows		Carol O' Toole		Ann Owen
7.		Bronwen Naish	Kathryn Turner		James Clarke		Hywel Williams
8.		Felicity Elphick	Gwilym Morus		Derek Burnham		Paul Rowlinson
9.		Robert Salisbury	Sarah Collick		David Shankland
10.		Janet Finch-Saunders Janet Finch-Saunders Janet Finch-Saunders is a Conservative Party politician and Assembly Member for Aberconwy in the National Assembly for Wales after the May 2011 election.-Background:...			Thomas Rippeth
11.		Jacqueline Jones			John Jones
12.		Merfyn Thomas			Paul Brighton

South Wales Central

	Communist Party of Britain Communist Party of Britain The Communist Party of Britain is a communist political party in Great Britain. Although founded in 1988 it traces its origins back to 1920 and the Communist Party of Great Britain, and claims the legacy of that party and its most influential members Harry Pollitt and John Gollan as its...	Conservative Party Welsh Conservative Party The Welsh Conservatives & Unionists , informally the Welsh Conservatives or Welsh Tories, are the part of the Conservative Party which operates in Wales...	Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Labour Party	Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats The Welsh Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties of the federal Liberal Democrats and operate within Wales, the others being the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England....	Natural Law Party Natural Law Party The Natural Law Party was a transnational party based on the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It was active in up to 74 countries, and ran candidates in at least ten. Founded in 1992, it was mostly disbanded in 2004 but continues in India and in some U.S. states.The NLP viewed "natural law" as...	Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...	Socialist Labour Party Socialist Labour Party (UK) The Socialist Labour Party is a far left socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party is led by former trade union leader Arthur Scargill, who established it in 1996 as a breakaway from the Labour Party...	United Socialist Party Welsh Socialist Alliance The Welsh Socialist Alliance was a socialist political organisation in Wales. It was closely related to, but separate from the Socialist Alliance.It was founded by the Socialist Party of England and Wales and Cymru Goch and some independents...
1.	Robert Griffiths Robert Griffiths (politician) Robert Griffiths is the general-secretary of the Communist Party of Britain . He was elected by the CPB's Executive Committee in January 1998, in place of Mike Hicks, who, along with others, subsequently left the party he had a major role in founding....	Jonathan Morgan Jonathan Morgan (Welsh politician) Jonathan Morgan, is a Welsh Conservative politician, who served as a Conservative AM for South Wales Central from 1999–2007 and AM for Cardiff North from 2007-2011...	Kevin Jakeway	Alun Mathias	Paul Phillips	Rhodri Morgan Rhodri Morgan Hywel Rhodri Morgan is a Welsh Labour politician who, as First Secretary for Wales, and subsequently First Minister, was leader of the Welsh Assembly Government from 2000 to 2009. A former leader of Welsh Labour, he was the Assembly Member for Cardiff West from 1999 to 2011...	Jenny Randerson	Helen Evans	Pauline Jarman Pauline Jarman Pauline Jarman, born Mountain Ash, 15 December 1945, is a Welsh politician. She was the Plaid Cymru National Assembly for Wales Member for South Wales Central from 1999 to 2003....	Liz Screen	Nimisha Trivedi
2.	Dominic Macaskill	David Melding	John Matthews			Sue Essex Sue Essex Sue Essex is the Welsh Labour politician who was a Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Cardiff North from 1999 to 2007...	Gianni Orsi	Brian Francis	Owen John Thomas Owen John Thomas Owen John Thomas MA is a former Plaid Cymru politician who represented the South Wales Central region in the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2007.-Background:...	Steve Bell	Dave Bartlett
3.	Owen Griffiths	Stephen Jones	Vivien Turner			Ken Hopkins	Jacqui Gasson	Barbara Caves	Eluned Bush	Cerian Gotthardt	Rachel Eboral
4.	Wendy Morgan	Susan Inglefield	Chris Von Ruhland			Morgan Wendy	Alison Willott	Geoffrey Salt	Bleddyn Hancock	Mary Crofton	Terry James
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South Wales East

	Conservative Party Welsh Conservative Party The Welsh Conservatives & Unionists , informally the Welsh Conservatives or Welsh Tories, are the part of the Conservative Party which operates in Wales...	Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	Labour Party	Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats The Welsh Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties of the federal Liberal Democrats and operate within Wales, the others being the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England....	Natural Law Party Natural Law Party The Natural Law Party was a transnational party based on the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It was active in up to 74 countries, and ran candidates in at least ten. Founded in 1992, it was mostly disbanded in 2004 but continues in India and in some U.S. states.The NLP viewed "natural law" as...	Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...	Socialist Labour Party Socialist Labour Party (UK) The Socialist Labour Party is a far left socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party is led by former trade union leader Arthur Scargill, who established it in 1996 as a breakaway from the Labour Party...	United Socialist Party Welsh Socialist Alliance The Welsh Socialist Alliance was a socialist political organisation in Wales. It was closely related to, but separate from the Socialist Alliance.It was founded by the Socialist Party of England and Wales and Cymru Goch and some independents...
1.	William Graham William Graham (Welsh politician) William Graham JP is a Conservative politician, currently European Affairs spokesman for the Official Opposition in the National Assembly for Wales and Conservative group chairman and Chief Whip.-Background:...	Roger W. Coghill	Mrs. Angie Ash	Michael German	John Ashford	Jocelyn Davies Jocelyn Davies Jocelyn Davies is a Plaid Cymru politician and a member of the National Assembly of Wales, list member for South Wales East since 1999. She was Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration...	Darren C. Hickery	Ian Thomas
2.	Carole Hyde	Kevin Williams	Brian E. Smith	Mrs Veronica K. Watkins	Mrs. Sian Trenberth	Phil Williams	Mrs. Susan L. Deare	Tim Richards
3.	Mrs Carole M. Hyde	Steve Ainley	Mrs. Cherry R.P. Short	Alistair R. Cameron	Peter Herman	Mrs. Gillian M. Jones	Robert J. Morris	Richard Morse
4.	Mrs Mary Taylor	Elaine Ross	Miqdad Al-Nuaimi	Mrs. Jean E. Gray	Paul Lloyd	Lindsay Whittle Lindsay Whittle Lindsay Whittle is a Welsh politician, a member of Plaid Cymru and an Assembly Member for the South Wales East electoral region in the National Assembly for Wales.-Political career:...	Peter Bowen
5.	Chris Stevens	Owen Clarke		Keith Rogers		Marc A. Hubbard
6.	Mrs. Kay P. Thomas		T. Richards	Mrs. Caroline .J. Bennett		Phil J. Bevan
7.	David N. Thomas			Elwyn Jones		Alun G. Cox
8.	Mark A. Major			Chris P. Lines		John Taylor
9.	David T. Fouweather			Russell M. Deacon
10.	Ian Oakley			Huw Price
11.	Miss Marrilyn J. Smart			Duncan Anstey
12.	Ralph Tuck			Melvyn W. Roffe

South Wales West

	Conservative Party Welsh Conservative Party The Welsh Conservatives & Unionists , informally the Welsh Conservatives or Welsh Tories, are the part of the Conservative Party which operates in Wales...	Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	Labour Party	Liberal Democrats Welsh Liberal Democrats The Welsh Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties of the federal Liberal Democrats and operate within Wales, the others being the Scottish Liberal Democrats and the Liberal Democrats in England....	Natural Law Party Natural Law Party The Natural Law Party was a transnational party based on the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It was active in up to 74 countries, and ran candidates in at least ten. Founded in 1992, it was mostly disbanded in 2004 but continues in India and in some U.S. states.The NLP viewed "natural law" as...	Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru ' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...	People's Representative	United Socialist Party Welsh Socialist Alliance The Welsh Socialist Alliance was a socialist political organisation in Wales. It was closely related to, but separate from the Socialist Alliance.It was founded by the Socialist Party of England and Wales and Cymru Goch and some independents...
1.	Alun Hugh Cairns Alun Cairns Alun Hugh Cairns is a Welsh Conservative Party politician. A member of the National Assembly for Wales for the in the South Wales West region since 1999, he was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan.-Background:Brought up in Clydach near...	Graham E. Oubridge	Mrs. Mair Francis	Peter Black Peter Black (Welsh politician) Peter Black is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Welsh Assembly for the South Wales West Region.-Background:...	Neil D. Phillips	Janet Davies Janet Davies (Welsh politician) Janet Davies is a Plaid Cymru Welsh politician. She was the National Assembly for Wales Member for South Wales West from 1999 to 2007, retiring at the 2007 election.-Background:...	John R. Harris	Alec Thraves
2.	Chris B. Smart	Lee Turner	D. Hywel Francis	Rob O. Humphreys	Mrs. Diana Leighton	Dr David Rees Lloyd David Lloyd (Welsh politician) Dr David Rees Lloyd is a Welsh politician. He has a wife Catherine, and they have 3 children. He was the Plaid Cymru National Assembly for Wales Member for South Wales West from 1999 to 2011....	Ioan M. Richard	Alan Thomson
3.	William Hughes	Mrs. Janet B. Evans	Robert Smith	Howard W. Evans	Robert A. Johnstone	Mrs. Sara E. Reid	Peter G. Harris	Robert Williams
4.	Paul H. Valerio	Simon K. Phillips	Mrs. Moira Singh	Keith Davies	Miss Andrea K. Jarman	Prof. I. Delme Bowen	David N. Trollope	Neil MacPherson
5.	Miss Jill F. Chambers			Mrs. Sheila Ramsay-Waye		Steven Cornelius	Mrs. Margaret L. Harris
6.	Rev. Aled D. Jones			David R. Davies		Dr. John G. Ball	Peter J. Northcott
7.	Mrs. Mary E. Davies			Mrs. Marilyn Harris		Ian R. Titherington
8.	Martyn Ford			Ronald L. McConville		Mrs. Yvonne M. Davies
9.	Wayne Morris			Mrs. Cheryl A. Green
10.	David A. Unwin			Mrs. Alison E. Jenner
11.	Matthew C. Voisey			Miss Norah Page
12.				Clayton L. Ritchie

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