# The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2003, Paragraph 21: Method of election at a regional election


(1) If the statement of persons standing nominated at a regional election shows more persons standing nominated than the number of seats for that Assembly electoral region—
(a) a poll shall be taken in accordance with Part III of this Schedule, or
(b) where each person is included on the same party list (subject to sub-paragraph (4) in the case of an ordinary election), those persons shall be declared to be elected in accordance with Part IV of this Schedule in the order that they are included on that list (starting with the highest) up to the number of seats for the Assembly electoral region.
(2) But if the statement of persons standing nominated shows the same number of persons standing nominated as, or fewer such persons than, the number of seats for the Assembly electoral region (subject to sub-paragraph (4) in the case of an ordinary election), those persons standing nominated shall be declared to be elected in accordance with Part IV of this Schedule.
(3) Sub-paragraph (1)(b) or, as the case may be, (2) shall also apply where notice of poll at a regional election is countermanded or the poll is abandoned under paragraph 65(5) (election becomes uncontested through death of candidate).
(4) No person at an ordinary election shall be declared to be elected in the circumstances described in sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (2) until the regional returning officer has—
(a) received from each constituency returning officer for an Assembly constituency in the Assembly electoral region the notification required by paragraph 57(3) (unless in any case a poll at a constituency election has been postponed under paragraph 65(1)), and
(b) disregarded any party list candidate who has been returned as a member for an Assembly constituency in the Assembly electoral region.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/284/schedule/5/paragraph/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-2003/schedule-5/paragraph-21
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