IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Wales (part of the United Kingdom)

Name	Official Name	Type
Welsh National Assembly	Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru	Assembly

Chief of State: King CHARLES III
Head of Government: Prime Minister Rishi SUNAK
Assembly: Wales has a unicameral National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) with 60 seats.

The King is hereditary head of state.
Prime Minister is appointed by the monarch.
In the National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru), 40 members are elected by simple majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 20 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms. The members elected through party lists represent Wales' five electoral regions; this proportional representation system is also known as "Additional Member System" (AMS).

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Welsh National Assembly	1999-05-06	1,021,857	2,205,117	46.34
Welsh National Assembly	2003-05-01	849,552	2,229,545	38.1
Referendum	2011-03-03	814,512	2,289,044	35.58
Welsh National Assembly	2011-05-06	949,253	2,289,735	41.46
Welsh National Assembly	2016-05-05	994,181	2,248,050	44.22
Welsh National Assembly	2021-05-06	1,118,084	2,389,879	46.78

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