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Ynys Môn (Anglesey) is a constituency
United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly....
 of the National Assembly for Wales
National Assembly for Wales

The National Assembly for Wales is a devolution National Assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Assembly comprises 60 members, who are known as Assembly Member, or AMs ....
. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North Wales
North Wales (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

North Wales is an electoral region of the National Assembly for Wales, consisting of nine United Kingdom constituencies. The region elects thirteen members, nine directly elected constituency members and four Mixed member proportional representation....
 electoral region, which elects four additional members
Additional Member System

The Additional Member System is a branch of voting systems in which some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under proportional representation from a wider area, usually by party-list proportional representation....
, in addition to nine constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation
Proportional representation

Proportional representation , sometimes referred to as full representation, is a category of voting systems aimed at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive ....
 for the region as a whole.

Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly
Welsh Assembly election, 1999

The first National Assembly for Wales election was held in 1999.Overall turnout: 46.3% ...
, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Ynys Môn Westminster constituency
Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)

Ynys M?n is a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
.






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Ynys Môn (Anglesey) is a constituency
United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly....
 of the National Assembly for Wales
National Assembly for Wales

The National Assembly for Wales is a devolution National Assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Assembly comprises 60 members, who are known as Assembly Member, or AMs ....
. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the North Wales
North Wales (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

North Wales is an electoral region of the National Assembly for Wales, consisting of nine United Kingdom constituencies. The region elects thirteen members, nine directly elected constituency members and four Mixed member proportional representation....
 electoral region, which elects four additional members
Additional Member System

The Additional Member System is a branch of voting systems in which some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under proportional representation from a wider area, usually by party-list proportional representation....
, in addition to nine constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation
Proportional representation

Proportional representation , sometimes referred to as full representation, is a category of voting systems aimed at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive ....
 for the region as a whole.

Boundaries


The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly
Welsh Assembly election, 1999

The first National Assembly for Wales election was held in 1999.Overall turnout: 46.3% ...
, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Ynys Môn Westminster constituency
Ynys Môn (UK Parliament constituency)

Ynys M?n is a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
. It is entirely within the preserved county
Preserved counties of Wales

The Preserved counties of Wales are the current areas used in Wales for ceremonial purposes such as Lord-Lieutenant. They are based on the subdivisions of Wales created by the Local Government Act 1972 and used for local government and other purposes between 1974 and 1996....
 of Gwynedd
Gwynedd

Gwynedd is a Administrative divisions of Wales in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although one of the biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated....
.

As created in 1999, the North Wales region includes the constituencies of Alyn and Deeside, Caernarfon
Caernarfon (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Caernarfon was a United Kingdom constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2007. It elected one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election....
, Clwyd West, Clwyd South
Clwyd South (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Clwyd South is a United Kingdom constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election....
, Conwy
Conwy (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Conwy was a United Kingdom constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2007. It elected one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election....
, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham
Wrexham (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Wrexham is a United Kingdom constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election....
 and Ynys Môn. For the 2007 Assembly election
Welsh Assembly election, 2007

The 2007 National Assembly election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the National Assembly for Wales. It was the third general election....
 the region will include Aberconwy, Alyn and Deeside, Arfon, Clwyd South
Clwyd South (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Clwyd South is a United Kingdom constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election....
, Clwyd West, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham
Wrexham (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Wrexham is a United Kingdom constituencies of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election....
 and Ynys Môn.

Voting


In elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list
Closed list

Closed list describes the variant of party-list proportional representation where voters can only vote for political party as a whole and thus have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected....
 of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method
D'Hondt method

The D'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method is named after Belgium mathematician Victor D'Hondt....
, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Elections





See also

  • North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)
  • National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions