Plaid Cymru biggest party in Senedd, ending 100 years of Labour control
by Bethan McKernan and Steven Morris from World news | The Guardian on (#75G6H)
Welsh nationalist party able to form minority government in Wales, blocking momentum of Reform UK
Plaid Cymru have won 42 seats in Wales's Senedd election, putting the Welsh nationalists in position to form a minority government and ending more than 100 years of Labour hegemony.
Polls consistently suggested Plaid Cymru and Reform UK were neck and neck in the race to become the biggest party under Wales's new more proportional voting system. As in last year's closely watched Caerphilly Senedd byelection, however, the contest was not as close as predicted. Reform has come in second, with 34 seats - up from 1% of the vote share in 2021's election.
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