National Assembly for Wales election, 2021

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


Leader	Carwyn Jones	Andrew R. T. Davies	Leanne Wood
Party	Labour	Conservative	Plaid Cymru
Leader since	10 December 2009	14 July 2011	16 March 2012
Leader's seat	Bridgend	South Wales Central	Rhondda
Last election	29 seats	11 seats	12 seats
Current seats	28	12	10
Seats needed	2	20	19


Leader	Neil Hamilton	Jane Dodds
Party	UKIP	Liberal Democrats
Leader since	26 September 2016	3 November 2017
Leader's seat	Mid & West Wales	Running in TBA
Last election	7 seats	1 seats
Current seats	5	1
Seats needed	24	30

Incumbent First Minister

Carwyn Jones
Labour

The next National Assembly for Wales election is due to be held on Thursday 6 May 2021 to elect 60 members to the Welsh Assembly. It would be the sixth general election since the assembly was established in 1999.

Five parties had AMs in the fifth Assembly: Welsh Labour led by First Minister Carwyn Jones, Plaid Cymru led by Leanne Wood, Welsh Conservatives led by Andrew R. T. Davies, UKIP Wales led by Neil Hamilton, and the Welsh Liberal Democrats, led by Jane Dodds.

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes in a mixed member system. The first vote is for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote is for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation. The overall result is approximately proportional.

In accordance to the Wales Act 2014, a candidate is allowed to stand in both a constituency, as well as a regional list. However, holding a dual mandate with the House of Commons is illegal, meaning an Assembly Member can not also be an MP.

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