Results for a UK general election on 6 May 2010 Wales - Elections won by Plaid Cymru

A general election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 45,597,461, having 29,687,604 valid votes and 81,879 invalid votes.

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Constituency Candidate Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Vote change Majority
Arfon WILLIAMS, Hywel 41,198 63.3% 9,383 36.0% 3.9% 1,455
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr EDWARDS, Jonathan 52,385 72.6% 13,546 35.6% -10.2% 3,481
Dwyfor Meirionnydd LLWYD, Elfyn 45,354 63.7% 12,814 44.3% -6.4% 6,367

Turnout as calculated by the House of Commons Library, is the total number of votes cast and not spoiled, divided by the size of the electorate.

This was the first election on a new set of constituency boundaries in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. The vote share calculations in those countries are based on notional results, which estimate the outcome of the previous election had it been contested on the new boundaries.