C1Part 1F6Senedd Cymru
Pt. 1 modified (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), ss. 13(5), 19(1)
General elections
9I1Allocation of seats to electoral region members
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The first seat for the F5Senedd electoral region is to be allocated to the party or individual candidate with the highest electoral region figure.
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The second and subsequent seats for the F5Senedd electoral region are to be allocated to the party or individual candidate with the highest electoral region figure after any recalculation required by subsection (3) has been carried out.
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This subsection requires a recalculation under paragraph (b) of section 8(3) in relation to a party—
a
for the first application of subsection (2), if the application of subsection (1) resulted in the allocation of F4a Senedd seat to the party, or
b
for any subsequent application of subsection (2), if the previous application of that subsection did so,
and a recalculation is to be carried out after adding one to the aggregate mentioned in that paragraph.
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If (on the application of subsection (1) or any application of subsection (2)) the highest electoral region figure is the electoral region figure of two or more parties or individual candidates, the subsection applies to each of them.
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However, if subsection (7) would mean that more than the full number of seats for the F5Senedd electoral region were allocated, subsection (1) or (2) does not apply until—
a
a recalculation has been carried out under section 8(3)(b) after adding one to the number of votes given for each party with that electoral region figure, and
b
one has been added to the number of votes given for each individual candidate with that electoral region figure.
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If, after that, the highest electoral region figure is still the electoral region figure of two or more parties or individual candidates, the regional returning officer must decide between them by lots.
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)