Notional results for a UK general election on 5 May 2005 Elections contested by Plaid Cymru
A notional general election to the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 40,611,844, having 24,814,623 valid votes.
| Constituency | Electorate | Turnout | Votes | Vote share | Position |
| Monmouth | 62,233 | 73.4% | 993 | 2.2% | 4th |
| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | 52,741 | 70.8% | 17,124 | 45.9% | 1st |
| Cardiff North | 64,390 | 70.4% | 1,936 | 4.3% | 4th |
| Preseli Pembrokeshire | 56,001 | 70.0% | 4,895 | 12.5% | 4th |
| Brecon and Radnorshire | 55,171 | 69.5% | 1,404 | 3.7% | 4th |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 68,229 | 68.5% | 2,426 | 5.2% | 4th |
| Ceredigion | 52,514 | 68.0% | 12,827 | 35.9% | 2nd |
| Ynys Môn | 52,512 | 67.5% | 11,036 | 31.1% | 2nd |
| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | 57,143 | 67.3% | 5,960 | 15.5% | 3rd |
| Montgomeryshire | 46,655 | 66.3% | 2,156 | 7.0% | 4th |
| Blaenau Gwent | 53,301 | 66.1% | 843 | 2.4% | 4th |
| Vale of Clwyd | 49,637 | 65.8% | 2,346 | 7.2% | 4th |
| Gower | 60,432 | 65.4% | 3,089 | 7.8% | 4th |
| Clwyd West | 55,381 | 65.1% | 3,912 | 10.9% | 4th |
| Llanelli | 55,280 | 63.9% | 9,358 | 26.5% | 2nd |
| Delyn | 53,383 | 63.7% | 2,524 | 7.4% | 4th |
| Wrexham | 48,016 | 63.3% | 1,744 | 5.7% | 4th |
| Pontypridd | 54,122 | 63.2% | 3,757 | 11.0% | 4th |
| Neath | 57,278 | 62.5% | 6,125 | 17.1% | 2nd |
| Aberconwy | 43,976 | 62.0% | 3,818 | 14.0% | 4th |
| Rhondda | 50,461 | 61.7% | 4,956 | 15.9% | 2nd |
| Dwyfor Meirionnydd | 48,823 | 61.4% | 15,228 | 50.8% | 1st |
| Clwyd South | 51,201 | 61.2% | 2,958 | 9.4% | 4th |
| Cynon Valley | 48,272 | 60.2% | 3,939 | 13.5% | 2nd |
| Islwyn | 56,225 | 60.2% | 4,213 | 12.4% | 2nd |
| Alyn and Deeside | 59,441 | 59.7% | 1,320 | 3.7% | 4th |
| Bridgend | 57,046 | 59.7% | 2,350 | 6.9% | 4th |
| Ogmore | 53,842 | 59.5% | 3,274 | 10.2% | 4th |
| Aberavon | 50,685 | 59.4% | 3,545 | 11.8% | 3rd |
| Torfaen | 60,665 | 59.3% | 2,242 | 6.2% | 4th |
| Newport West | 60,303 | 59.3% | 1,278 | 3.6% | 4th |
| Cardiff Central | 61,079 | 59.2% | 1,271 | 3.5% | 4th |
| Cardiff South and Penarth | 67,855 | 58.2% | 2,071 | 5.2% | 4th |
| Cardiff West | 64,587 | 58.2% | 4,855 | 12.9% | 4th |
| Arfon | 42,998 | 58.2% | 8,028 | 32.1% | 2nd |
| Newport East | 54,941 | 57.9% | 1,221 | 3.8% | 4th |
| Swansea West | 58,363 | 56.7% | 2,150 | 6.5% | 4th |
| Caerphilly | 64,120 | 56.5% | 6,565 | 18.1% | 2nd |
| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | 54,044 | 55.5% | 2,972 | 9.9% | 3rd |
| Swansea East | 57,502 | 53.6% | 2,129 | 6.9% | 4th |
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.
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
Estimates of the 2005 general election result in new constituencies
Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, at The Elections Centre of the University of Exeter, produced estimates of the 2005 general election result as if the new constituencies recommended by the separate Parliamentary Boundary Commissions for England, Wales and Northern Ireland had then been in existence.