Part 1

Senedd Cymru

General elections

Candidates at general elections
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1
A registered political party may submit a list of candidates to be Members of the Senedd for a particular Senedd constituency at a general election.
2
The list must be submitted to the constituency returning officer.
3
The list must not include more than eight people (but may include only one).
4
The list must not include a person—
a
who is included on another list submitted under this section (whether for the constituency or another constituency);
b
who is an individual candidate to be a Member of the Senedd (whether for the constituency or another constituency).
5
A person may not be an individual candidate to be a Member of the Senedd for a constituency if that person is—
a
included on a list submitted under this section (whether for the constituency or another constituency);
b
an individual candidate to be a Member of the Senedd for another constituency.
6
In this Act “
constituency returning officer
”, in relation to a Senedd constituency, means the person designated as the returning officer for the constituency in accordance with an order under section 13 (power of the Welsh Ministers to make provision about elections etc.).
Words in Pt. 1 heading substituted (6.5.2020) by Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1), s. 42(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(2)
Ss. 6-9 substituted (24.8.2024) by Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 8, 25(2)(b) (with s. 24(1))
Pt. 1 modified (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), ss. 13(5), 19(1)