Plaid Cymru leadership election, 2012

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3 January 2012 (2012-01-03) – 15 March 2012 (2012-03-15)


Candidate	Leanne Wood	Elin Jones	Dafydd Elis-Thomas
First round	2,879	1,884	1,278
Percentage	47.6%	31.1%	21.1%
Second round	3,326	2,494	—
Percentage	57.1%	42.8%	—

Leader before election

Elected Leader

The 2012 Plaid leadership election was held following the resignation of Ieuan Wyn Jones following the 2011 Assembly Elections. Following the election Jones originally stated that he would resign in the first half of the Assembly term. Nominations officially opened on 3 January 2012.

The leadership was fought by former Agriculture Minister Elin Jones, former party leader Dafydd Elis-Thomas and backbencher Leanne Wood. Simon Thomas declared his intention to run, but later withdrew in favour of Elin Jones.

The Guardian reported that 7,863 members were entitled to vote, which was an increase in membership of 23% over the preceding four-month period.

Leanne Wood was elected leader on 15 March 2012, taking over as leader the day after.

Of the 11 Plaid Assembly Members, Elin Jones received the support of 5, Leanne Wood won the backing of 4 and Dafydd Elis-Thomas 1 (himself).

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