Rule 10(1) of the 1960 Rules (identifying votes at issue)
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6. In rule 10(1) of the 1960 Rules, in the case of a regional election, “he had a majority of lawful votes,” shall be construed as “he or the registered political party on whose list he was a candidate had a higher electoral figure(1) than that of another individual candidate or of another registered party to whom a seat in that Assembly electoral region was allocated.
(1)
In relation to the 2007 Assembly general election, see sections 6 and 7 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 and in relation to subsequent Assembly general elections, see sections 8 and 9 of the Government of Wales Act 2006.