# The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025, Rule 24: Method of election

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), if the statement of parties and persons standing nominated at a constituency election shows more candidates, whether as individual candidates or party list candidates, than the number of seats for that constituency, a poll must be taken in accordance with Part 3 of these rules.
(2) Where each candidate is included on the same party list, those candidates will be declared to be elected in accordance with Part 4 of these rules in the order that they are included on that list, starting with the highest, up to the number of seats for the constituency.
(3) But if the statement of parties and persons standing nominated shows the number of candidates, whether as individual candidates or party list candidates, is the same as, or fewer than, the number of seats for the constituency, those candidates must be declared to be elected in accordance with Part 4 of these rules.
(4) Paragraph (2) or (3) also applies where notice of poll at a constituency election is countermanded or the poll abandoned under rule 72(1) (election becomes uncontested through death of a candidate).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/864/schedule/5/rule/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senedd-cymru-representation-of-the-people-order-2025/schedule-5/rule-24
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