Guidance for Candidates and Agents at Senedd elections

The deposit made by or on behalf of any registered party list or individual candidate that has polled 5% or more of the total number of valid votes cast at the election will have their deposit returned by the Returning Officer by the next working day following the declaration of result.1

Those registered parties and individual candidates that have polled less than 5% of the total number of valid votes cast in the election will lose their deposit.2