National Assembly for Wales election, 2011

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All 60 seats to the National Assembly for Wales 31 seats needed for a majority

Turnout	42.2% 1.5%
	First party	Second party

Leader	Carwyn Jones	Nick Bourne
Party	Labour	Conservative
Leader's seat	Bridgend	Mid and West Wales (Defeated)
Last election	26 seats	12 seats
Seats won	30	14
Seat change	4	2
Constituency Vote	401,677	237,388
% and swing	42.3% 10.1%	25.0% 2.6%
Regional Vote	349,935	213,773
% and swing	36.9% 7.3%	22.5% 1.1%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Ieuan Wyn Jones	Kirsty Williams
Party	Plaid Cymru	Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat	Ynys Môn	Brecon and Radnorshire
Last election	15 seats	6 seats
Seats won	11	5
Seat change	4	1
Constituency Vote	182,907	100,259
% and swing	19.3% 3.1%	10.6% 4.2%
Regional Vote	169,799	76,349
% and swing	17.9% 3.1%	8.0% 3.7%

The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows regional winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours.

First Minister before election

Carwyn Jones
Labour

Elected First Minister

Carwyn Jones
Labour

The National Assembly for Wales election 2011 was an election for the National Assembly. The poll was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 and decided the incumbency for all the assembly's seats. It was the fourth election for seats in the National Assembly for Wales (previous elections having been held in 1999, 2003 and 2007), and the second election taken under the rules of the Government of Wales Act 2006.

The election resulted in gains for the incumbent Welsh Labour Party, which gained four seats compared to the previous election and now has 30 seats, exactly half of the Assembly. The party also secured a swing in its favour of over 10 percentage points. The Welsh Conservatives emerged as the largest opposition party with 14 seats, a net gain of two, but party leader Nick Bourne lost his seat. The junior party in the government coalition, the nationalist Plaid Cymru, suffered a drop in its vote and lost 4 seats. The Welsh Liberal Democrats lost significantly in the popular vote and returned five AMs, a loss of one.

British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens living in Wales aged eighteen or over on election day were entitled to vote. The deadline to register to vote in the election was midnight on 14 April 2011, though anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on 26 April 2011 to register.

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