Latest News About Plaid Cymru tops Wales vote,

Wales trends indicated the 2026 Senedd election returned Plaid Cymru as the largest party with 43 seats, while Welsh Labour fell to 9 Senedd seats. With no party gained a majority, Plaid Cymru moved toward a minority arrangement, and First Minister Eluned Morgan fell from her seat. The election brought in a larger Senedd with 96 seats elected by closed-list proportional voting, and turnout reached a record 51.6 percent, with NHS funding enduring a key campaign issue. Plaid Cymru signaled groundwork for a independence White Paper for Wales, though a referendum is not planned in the first term.