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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1999 National Assembly for Wales election
| country = Wales
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 
| previous_year = 
| election_date = 6 May 1999
| next_election = 2003 National Assembly for Wales election
| next_year = 2003
| seats_for_election = All 60 seats to the [[Senedd|National Assembly for Wales]]
| majority_seats = 31
| turnout = 46.3%
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Alun Michael official portrait.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader1 = [[Alun Michael]]
| party1 = Welsh Labour
| leaders_seat1 = [[Mid and West Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|Mid & West Wales]]
| last_election1 = 
| seats1 = '''28'''
| 1blank = FPTP&nbsp;Vote
| 1data1 = '''384,671'''
| map_image = [[File:1999 Senedd Election.svg|300px]]
| map_caption = 
| title = First Secretary
| posttitle = First Secretary after election
| before_election = 
| before_party = 
| after_election = [[Alun Michael]]
| after_party = Welsh Labour
| 2blank = Percentage
| 3blank = List&nbsp;Vote
| 4blank = Percentage
| 2data1 = '''37.6%'''
| 3data1 = '''361,657'''
| 4data1 = '''35.4%'''
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Official portrait of Dafydd Wigley AM.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader2 = [[Dafydd Wigley]]
| party2 = Plaid Cymru
| leaders_seat2 = [[Caernarfon (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Caernarfon]]
| last_election2 = 
| seats2 = 17
| 1data2 = 290,572
| 2data2 = 28.4%
| 3data2 = 312,048
| 4data2 = 30.5%
| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Rodrogers1999.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader4 = [[Rod Richards]]
| party4 = Welsh Conservatives
| leaders_seat4 = [[North Wales (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|North Wales]]
| last_election4 = 
| seats4 = 9
| 1data4 = 162,133
| 2data4 = 15.8%
| 3data4 = 168,206
| 4data4 = 16.5%
| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Official portrait of Michael German AM.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader5 = [[Mike German, Baron German|Michael German]]
| party5 = Welsh Liberal Democrats
| leaders_seat5 = [[South Wales East (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)|South Wales East]]
| last_election5 = 
| seats5 = 6
| 1data5 = 137,857
| 2data5 = 13.5%
| 3data5 = 128,008
| 4data5 = 12.5%
}}
{{Politics of Wales}}
The '''1999 National Assembly for Wales election''' was held on Thursday 6 May 1999 to elect 60 members to the [[Senedd]], at the time called the National Assembly for Wales (Welsh Parliament; {{Langx|cy|Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru}}). It was the first [[Devolution in the United Kingdom|devolved]] [[general election]] held in Wales after the successful [[1997 Welsh devolution referendum]]. The election was held alongside the [[1999 Scottish Parliament election|Scottish Parliament election]] (also the first of its kind) and [[1999 United Kingdom local elections|English local elections]].

Although [[Welsh Labour]] were the biggest party, they did not gain enough seats to form a [[majority government]] and instead entered into [[First Rhodri Morgan government|coalition]] with the [[Welsh Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrats]]. The election was marked by the historically high level of support for [[Plaid Cymru]], who won their highest share of the vote in any Wales-wide election and remains their highest number of seats in a Senedd election to date. The party won considerable support in traditionally safe Labour areas such as the [[South Wales Valleys]], winning [[Rhondda (Assembly constituency)|Rhondda]] and [[Islwyn (Assembly constituency)|Islwyn]] and narrowly failing to win a number of other seats.

The overall turnout of voters was 46.3%.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Morgan|first1=Bryn|title=Research Paper 99/51 – Welsh Assembly Elections: 6 May 1999|url=http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/RP99-51.pdf|publisher=House of Commons Library|access-date=15 April 2015|date=12 May 1999 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131110015520/http://www.parliament.uk/Templates/BriefingPapers/Pages/BPPdfDownload.aspx?bp-id=RP99-51 |archive-date= 10 November 2013}}</ref> This would remain the highest ever turnout for a devolved election in Wales until the [[2021 Senedd election]], which saw 46.6 of voters cast their ballot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/284390/welsh-assembly-elections-turnout-rates/|title=Welsh Parliament (Senedd Cymru) turnout rate 2021|last=Clark|first=D.|date=9 July 2021|website=Statista|access-date=4 March 2023|language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Welsh Assembly election 1999 regional lists results.svg|thumb|right|Results map of the 1999 National Assembly election (regional list results)]]

==Election results==
*Overall turnout: 46.3%
{{election table|title=1999 Welsh Assembly election}}
|-
| style="background-color:white" colspan=15 | [[File:Welsh assembly election 1999.svg|center|360px]]
|-
!rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Parties
!colspan=10 | [[Additional member system]]
!rowspan=2 colspan=5 | Total seats
|-
!colspan=5 |Constituency
!colspan=5 |Region
|-
! Votes !! % !! +/− !! Seats !! +/− 
! Votes !! % !! +/− !! Seats !! +/−
! Total !! +/− !! %
|-
{{AMS Election Summary Party|
  |party         = Welsh Labour
  |votes         = 384,671
  |votes %        = 37.6
  |votes net     = ''N/A''
  |seats         = 27
  |seats net     = ''N/A''
  |AMS votes     = 361,657
  |AMS votes %   = 35.4
  |AMS votes net = ''N/A''
  |AMS seats     = 1
  |AMS seats net = ''N/A''
  |Seats total   = '''28'''
  |Seats net     = ''N/A''
  |Seats %       = 46.7
}}
{{AMS Election Summary Party|
  |party         = Plaid Cymru
  |votes         = 290,572 	
  |votes %       = 28.4
  |votes net     = ''N/A''
  |seats         = 9
  |seats net     = ''N/A''
  |AMS votes     = 312,048 	
  |AMS votes %   = 30.5
  |AMS votes net = ''N/A''
  |AMS seats     = 8
  |AMS seats net = ''N/A''
  |Seats total   = '''17'''
  |Seats net     = ''N/A''
  |Seats %       = 28.3
  }}
{{AMS Election Summary Party|
  |party         = Welsh Conservative Party
  |votes         = 162,133 	
  |votes %       = 15.8
  |votes net     = ''N/A''
  |seats         = 1
  |seats net     = ''N/A''
  |AMS votes     = 168,206
  |AMS votes %   = 16.5
  |AMS votes net = ''N/A''
  |AMS seats     = 8
  |AMS seats net = ''N/A''
  |Seats total   = '''9'''
  |Seats net     = ''N/A''
  |Seats %       = 15.0
}}
{{AMS Election Summary Party|
  |party         = Welsh Liberal Democrats
  |votes         = 137,857 	
  |votes %       = 13.5
  |votes net     = ''N/A''
  |seats         = 3
  |seats net     = ''N/A''
  |AMS votes     = 128,008
  |AMS votes %   = 12.5
  |AMS votes net = ''N/A''
  |AMS seats     = 3
  |AMS seats net = ''N/A''
  |Seats total   = '''6'''
  |Seats net     = ''N/A''
  |Seats %       = 10.0
}}
{{AMS Election Summary Party|
  |party         = Wales Green Party
  |votes         = 1,002
  |votes %       = 0.1
  |votes net     = ''N/A''
  |seats         = 0
  |seats net     = ''N/A''
  |AMS votes     = 25,858
  |AMS votes %   = 2.5
  |AMS votes net = ''N/A''
  |AMS seats     = 0
  |AMS seats net = ''N/A''
  |Seats total   = 0
  |Seats net     = ''N/A''
  |Seats %       = 0
}}
{{AMS Election Summary Party|
  |party         = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
  |votes         = -
  |votes %       = -
  |votes net     = -
  |seats         = -
  |seats net     = -
  |AMS votes     = 10,720
  |AMS votes %   = 1.0
  |AMS votes net = ''N/A''
  |AMS seats     = 0
  |AMS seats net = ''N/A''
  |Seats total   = 0
  |Seats net     = ''N/A''
  |Seats %       = 0
}}
{{AMS Election Summary Party|
  |party         = Natural Law Party
  |votes         = -
  |votes %       = -
  |votes net     = -
  |seats         = -
  |seats net     = -
  |AMS votes     = 3,861
  |AMS votes %   = 0.4
  |AMS votes net = ''N/A''
  |AMS seats     = 0
  |AMS seats net = ''N/A''
  |Seats total   = 0
  |Seats net     = ''N/A''
  |Seats %       = 0
}}
{{AMS Election Summary|
  |party         = United Socialist
  |votes         = 3,967 	
  |votes %       = 0.4
  |votes net     = ''N/A''
  |seats         = 0
  |seats net     = ''N/A''
  |AMS votes     = 3,590
  |AMS votes %   = 0.4
  |AMS votes net = ''N/A''
  |AMS seats     = 0
  |AMS seats net = ''N/A''
  |Seats total   = 0
  |Seats net     = ''N/A''
  |Seats %       = 0
}}
{{AMS Election Summary Party|
  |party         = Communist Party of Britain
  |votes         = 609 	 	 	
  |votes %       = 0.1
  |votes net     = ''N/A''
  |seats         = 0
  |seats net     = ''N/A''
  |AMS votes     = 1,366 	 	 	
  |AMS votes %   = 0.1
  |AMS votes net = ''N/A''
  |AMS seats     = 0
  |AMS seats net = ''N/A''
  |Seats total   = 0
  |Seats net     = ''N/A''
  |Seats %       = 0
}}
{{AMS Election Summary Party|
  |party         = Independent (politician)
  |votes         = 30,554 	 	
  |votes %       = 3.0
  |votes net     = ''N/A''
  |seats         = 0
  |seats net     = ''N/A''
  |AMS votes     = -	
  |AMS votes %   = -
  |AMS votes net = -
  |AMS seats     = -
  |AMS seats net = -
  |Seats total   = 0
  |Seats net     = N/A
  |Seats %       = 0
}}
{{AMS Election Summary Party|
  |party         = Independent Labour
  |votes         = 4,134 		 	 	
  |votes %       = 0.4
  |votes net     = ''N/A''
  |seats         = 0
  |seats net     = ''N/A''
  |AMS votes     = - 	 	 	
  |AMS votes %   = -
  |AMS votes net = -
  |AMS seats     = -
  |AMS seats net = -
  |Seats total   = 0
  |Seats net     = ''N/A''
  |Seats %       = 0
}}
{{AMS Election Summary|
  |party         = Others
  |votes         = 7,736 		 	 	
  |votes %       = 0.8
  |votes net     = ''N/A''
  |seats         = 0
  |seats net     = ''N/A''
  |AMS votes     = 4,673 	 	 	
  |AMS votes %   = 0.5
  |AMS votes net = ''N/A''
  |AMS seats     = 0
  |AMS seats net = ''N/A''
  |Seats total   = 0
  |Seats net     = ''N/A''
  |Seats %       = 0
}}
|-
| &nbsp; || '''Total''' || 1,023,225 ||  ||  || 40 || &nbsp; || 1,019,987 ||  || &nbsp; || 20 ||  || 60 || &nbsp; ||
|}

===Votes summary===
{{bar box
| title=Popular vote
| titlebar=#ddd
| width=600px
| barwidth=410px
| bars=
{{bar percent|'''Labour'''|{{party color|Welsh Labour}}|35.40}}
{{bar percent|Plaid Cymru|{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}|30.50}}
{{bar percent|Conservative|{{party color|Welsh Conservatives}}|16.50}}
{{bar percent|Liberal Democrats|{{party color|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}|12.50}}
{{bar percent|Green|{{party color|Wales Green Party}}|2.50}}
{{bar percent|Socialist Labour|{{party color|Socialist Labour Party (UK)}}|1.00}}
{{bar percent|Others|#777777|1.60}}
}}
{{bar box
| title=Parliament seats
| titlebar=#ddd
| width=600px
| barwidth=410px
| bars=
{{bar percent|'''Labour'''|{{party color|Welsh Labour}}|46.67}}
{{bar percent|Plaid Cymru|{{party color|Plaid Cymru}}|28.33}}
{{bar percent|Conservative|{{party color|Welsh Conservatives}}|15.00}}
{{bar percent|Liberal Democrats|{{party color|Welsh Liberal Democrats}}|10.00}}
}}

=== Constituency and regional summary ===

==== Mid and West Wales ====
{{election table | title=1999 National Assembly for Wales election: [[Mid_and_West_Wales_(Senedd_electoral_region)|Mid and West Wales]]}}
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Carmarthen_East_and_Dinefwr_(Senedd_constituency)|Carmarthen East and Dinefwr]]
  |MSP          = [[Rhodri Glyn Thomas]]
  |winner       = Plaid Cymru 
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Carmarthen_West_and_South_Pembrokeshire_(Senedd_constituency)|Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire]]
  |MSP          = [[Christine Gwyther]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Ceredigion_(Senedd_constituency)|Ceredigion]] 
  |MSP          = [[Elin Jones]]
  |winner       = Plaid Cymru
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Llanelli_(Senedd_constituency)|Llanelli]]
  |MSP          = [[Helen Mary Jones]]
  |winner       = Plaid Cymru
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Dwyfor_Meirionnydd_(Senedd_constituency)|Meirionnydd Nant Conwy]]
  |MSP          = [[Dafydd Elis-Thomas]]
  |winner       = Plaid Cymru
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Montgomeryshire_(Senedd_constituency)|Montgomeryshire]]
  |MSP          = [[Mick Bates (Welsh politician)|Mick Bates]]
  |winner       = Welsh Liberal Democrats
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Preseli_Pembrokeshire_(Senedd_constituency)|Preseli Pembrokeshire]]
  |MSP          = [[Richard Edwards (Welsh politician)|Richard Edwards]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Brecon_and_Radnorshire_(Senedd_constituency)|Brecon and Radnorshire]] 
  |MSP          = [[Kirsty Williams]]
  |winner       = Welsh Liberal Democrats
}}
 {{Election box end}}
{{election table | title=1999 National Assembly for Wales election: [[Mid_and_West_Wales_(Senedd_electoral_region)|Mid and West Wales]]}}
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party
! Elected candidates
! style="width: 40px"|Seats
! style="width: 40px"|+/−
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/−%
|-
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Plaid Cymru
  |votes      = 84,554
  |percentage = 38.55%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 1
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = [[Cynog Dafis]]
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Labour
  |votes      = 53,842
  |percentage = 24.55%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 1
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = [[Alun Michael]]
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Conservative Party
  |votes      = 36,622
  |percentage = 16.70%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 2
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = [[Nick Bourne]]<br /> [[Glyn Davies (British politician)|Edward Glyn Davies]]
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Liberal Democrats
  |votes      = 31,683
  |percentage = 14.44%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Wales Green Party
  |votes      = 7,718
  |percentage = 3.52%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
  |votes      = 3,019
  |percentage = 1.38%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
 }}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |votes      = 1,214
  |percentage = 0.55%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Natural Law Party
  |votes      = 705
  |percentage = 0.32%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box end}}

==== North Wales ====
{{election table | title=1999 National Assembly for Wales election: [[North_Wales_(Senedd_electoral_region)|North Wales]]}}
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Alyn_and_Deeside_(Senedd_constituency)|Alyn and Deeside]]
  |MSP          = [[Tom Middlehurst]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Caernarfon_(Assembly_constituency)|Caernarfon]]
  |MSP          = [[Dafydd Wigley]]
  |winner       = Plaid Cymru
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Clwyd_South_(Senedd_constituency)|Clwyd South]]
  |MSP          = [[Karen Sinclair]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Clwyd_West_(Senedd_constituency)|Clwyd West]]
  |MSP          = [[Alun Pugh]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Conwy_(Assembly_constituency)|Conwy]]
  |MSP          = [[Gareth_Jones_(politician)|Gareth Jones]]
  |winner       = Plaid Cymru
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Delyn_(Senedd_constituency)|Delyn]]
  |MSP          = [[Alison Halford]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Vale_of_Clwyd_(Senedd_constituency)|Vale of Clwyd]]
  |MSP          = [[Ann Jones (politician)|Margaret Ann Jones]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Wrexham_(Senedd_constituency)|Wrexham]]
  |MSP          = [[John Marek]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Ynys_Môn_(Senedd_constituency)|Ynys Môn]]
  |MSP          = [[Ieuan Wyn Jones]]
  |winner       = Plaid Cymru
}}
 {{Election box end}}
{{election table | title=1999 National Assembly for Wales election: [[North_Wales_(Senedd_electoral_region)|North Wales]]}}
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party
! Elected candidates
! style="width: 40px"|Seats
! style="width: 40px"|+/−
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/−%
|-
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Labour
  |votes      = 73,673
  |percentage = 34.19%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Plaid Cymru
  |votes      = 69,518
  |percentage = 32.26%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 1
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = [[Janet Ryder]]
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Conservative Party
  |votes      = 41,700
  |percentage = 19.35%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 2
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = [[Rod Richards]]<br /> [[Peter Rogers (Welsh politician)|Peter Rogers]]
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Liberal Democrats
  |votes      = 22,130
  |percentage = 10.27%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 1
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = [[Christine Humphreys]] 
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Wales Green Party
  |votes      = 4,667
  |percentage = 2.17%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region|
  |party      = Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign
  |votes      = 1,353
  |percentage = 0.63%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}} 
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Natural Law Party
  |votes      = 917
  |percentage = 0.43%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
{{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Socialist Alliance
  |votes      = 828
  |percentage = 0.38%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
{{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of Britain
  |votes      = 714
  |percentage = 0.33%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box end}}

==== South Wales Central ====
{{election table | title=1999 National Assembly for Wales election: [[South_Wales_Central_(Senedd_electoral_region)|South Wales Central]]}}
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Cardiff_South_and_Penarth_(Senedd_constituency)|Cardiff South and Penarth]]
  |MSP          = [[Lorraine Barrett]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Cardiff_West_(Senedd_constituency)|Cardiff West]]
  |MSP          = [[Rhodri Morgan]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Cynon_Valley_(Senedd_constituency)|Cynon Valley]]
  |MSP          = [[Christine Chapman]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Pontypridd_(Senedd_constituency)|Pontypridd]]
  |MSP          = [[Jane Davidson]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Rhondda_(Senedd_constituency)|Rhondda]]
  |MSP          = [[Geraint Davies (Plaid Cymru politician)|Geraint Rhys Davies]]
  |winner       = Plaid Cymru
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Vale_of_Glamorgan_(Senedd_constituency)|Vale of Glamorgan]]
  |MSP          = [[Jane Hutt]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Cardiff_Central_(Senedd_constituency)|Cardiff Central]]
  |MSP          = [[Jenny Randerson, Baroness Randerson|Jennifer Elizabeth Randerson]]
  |winner       = Welsh Liberal Democrats
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Cardiff_North_(Senedd_constituency)|Cardiff North]]
  |MSP          = [[Sue Essex]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour 
}}
 {{Election box end}}
{{election table | title=1999 National Assembly for Wales election: [[South_Wales_Central_(Senedd_electoral_region)|South Wales Central]]}}
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party
! Elected candidates
! style="width: 40px"|Seats
! style="width: 40px"|+/−
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/−%
|-
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Labour
  |votes      = 79,564
  |percentage = 36.92%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Plaid Cymru
  |votes      = 58,080
  |percentage = 26.95%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 2
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = [[Pauline Jarman]]<br /> [[Owen John Thomas]]
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Conservative Party
  |votes      = 34,944
  |percentage = 16.22%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 2
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = [[Jonathan Morgan (Welsh politician)|Jonathan Morgan]]<br /> [[David Melding]]
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Liberal Democrats
  |votes      = 30,911
  |percentage = 14.35%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    =  
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Wales Green Party
  |votes      = 5,336
  |percentage = 2.48%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
  |votes      = 2,822
  |percentage = 1.31%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link| 
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |votes      = 1,524
  |percentage = 0.71%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
{{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Natural Law Party
  |votes      = 665
  |percentage = 0.31%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
{{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of Britain
  |votes      = 652
  |percentage = 0.30%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
{{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Socialist Alliance
  |votes      = 602
  |percentage = 0.28%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link| 
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |votes      = 378
  |percentage = 0.18%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box end}}

==== South Wales East ====
{{election table | title=1999 National Assembly for Wales election: [[South_Wales_East_(Senedd_electoral_region)|South Wales East]]}}
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Islwyn_(Senedd_constituency)|Islwyn]]
  |MSP          = [[Brian Hancock]]
  |winner       = Plaid Cymru
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Merthyr_Tydfil_and_Rhymney_(Senedd_constituency)|Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney]]
  |MSP          = [[Huw Lewis]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Monmouth_(Senedd_constituency)|Monmouth]]
  |MSP          = [[David_T._C._Davies|David Thomas Charles Davies]]
  |winner       = Welsh Conservative Party
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Blaenau_Gwent_(Senedd_constituency)|Blaenau Gwent]]
  |MSP          = [[Peter Law]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Newport_East_(Senedd_constituency)|Newport East]]
  |MSP          = [[John Griffiths (Welsh politician)|John Griffiths]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Newport_West_(Senedd_constituency)|Newport West]]
  |MSP          = [[Rosemary Butler (politician)|Rosemary Butler]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Torfaen_(Senedd_constituency)|Torfaen]]
  |MSP          = [[Lynne Neagle]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Caerphilly_(Senedd_constituency)|Caerphilly]]
  |MSP          = [[Ron Davies (Welsh politician)|Ron Davies]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box end}}
{{election table | title=1999 National Assembly for Wales election: [[South_Wales_East_(Senedd_electoral_region)|South Wales East]]}}
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party
! Elected candidates
! style="width: 40px"|Seats
! style="width: 40px"|+/−
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/−%
|-
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Labour
  |votes      = 83,953
  |percentage = 41.82%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Plaid Cymru
  |votes      = 49,139
  |percentage = 24.48%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 2
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = [[Jocelyn Davies]]<br /> [[Phil Williams (Welsh politician)|Professor Philip James Stradling Williams]]
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Conservative Party
  |votes      = 33,947
  |percentage = 16.91%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 1
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = [[William Graham (Welsh politician)|William Graham]]
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Liberal Democrats
  |votes      = 24,757
  |percentage = 12.33%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 1
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    =  [[Mike German, Baron German|Michael James German]]
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
  |votes      = 4,879
  |percentage = 2.43%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Wales Green Party
  |votes      = 4,055
  |percentage = 2.02%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box end}}
==== South Wales West ====
{{election table | title=1999 National Assembly for Wales election: [[South_Wales_West_(Senedd_electoral_region)|South Wales West]]}}
|-
! colspan=2 style="width: 200px"|Constituency
! style="width: 150px"|Elected member
! style="width: 300px"|Result
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Aberavon_(Senedd_constituency)|Aberavon]]
  |MSP          = [[Brian Gibbons (politician)|Brian Gibbons]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Gower_(Senedd_constituency)|Gower]]
  |MSP          = [[Edwina Hart]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Neath_(Senedd_constituency)|Neath]]
  |MSP          = [[Gwenda Thomas]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Ogmore_(Senedd_constituency)|Ogmore]]
  |MSP          = [[Janice Gregory]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Swansea_East_(Senedd_constituency)|Swansea East]]
  |MSP          = [[Val Feld]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Swansea_West_(Senedd_constituency)|Swansea West]]
  |MSP          = [[Andrew Davies (Labour politician)|Andrew David Davies]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour
}}
 {{Election box constituency new gain electoral region with party link
  |constituency = [[Bridgend_(Senedd_constituency)|Bridgend]]
  |MSP          = [[Carwyn Jones]]
  |winner       = Welsh Labour 
}}
 {{Election box end}}
{{election table | title=1999 National Assembly for Wales election: [[South_Wales_West_(Senedd_electoral_region)|South Wales West]]}}
|-
! colspan="2" style="width: 150px"|Party
! Elected candidates
! style="width: 40px"|Seats
! style="width: 40px"|+/−
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/−%
|-
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Labour 
  |votes      = 70,625
  |percentage = 42.25%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Plaid Cymru
  |votes      = 50,757
  |percentage = 30.37%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 2
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = [[Janet Davies (Welsh politician)|Janet Marion Davies]]<br /> [[David Lloyd (Welsh politician)|David Rees Lloyd]]
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Conservative Party
  |votes      = 20,993
  |percentage = 12.56%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 1
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = [[Alun Cairns]]
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Liberal Democrats
  |votes      = 18.527
  |percentage = 11.09%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 1
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    =  [[Peter Black (Welsh politician)|Peter Black]]
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Wales Green Party
  |votes      = 4,082
  |percentage = 2.44%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Socialist Alliance
  |votes      = 1,257
  |percentage = 0.75%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
{{Election box welsh candidate electoral region with party link|
  |party      = Natural Law Party
  |votes      = 676
  |percentage = 0.40%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
{{Election box welsh candidate electoral region|
  |party      = People's Representative Party
  |votes      = 204
  |percentage = 0.12%
  |change     = ''N/A''
  |number     = 0
  |numberchange= ''N/A''
  |elected    = 
}}
 {{Election box end}}

==Opinion polls==
{{main|Opinion polling for the 1999 National Assembly for Wales election}}

==See also==
* [[Senedd]] (formerly National Assembly for Wales)
* [[Senedd constituencies and electoral regions]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/wales_99/html/index.stm 1999 Welsh National Assembly Election] at BBC News

===Manifestos===
* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/wales_99/manifestos/labour.htm Welsh Labour]
* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/wales_99/manifestos/wales_libdems.htm Welsh Liberal Democrats]
* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/wales_99/manifestos/plaidcymru.html Plaid Cymru]

{{Welsh elections}}

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