# Caernarfon (Assembly constituency)

Caernarfon was a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales from 1999 to 2007. It was one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region until the abolition of the seat. The constituency elected one Assembly Member by the first past the post method, while the North Wales region elected four additional members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the area as a whole.

## Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Caernarfon Westminster constituency. It was entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd.
The other eight constituencies of the region were Alyn and Deeside, Clwyd West, Clwyd South, Conwy, Delyn, Vale of Clwyd, Wrexham and Ynys Môn.
The constituency was abolished at the 2007 election. Part of the constituency then joined the new Arfon constituency, and part the new Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency, both constituencies entirely within the preserved county of Gwynedd. The Arfon constituency is within the North Wales electoral region. The Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency is within the Mid and West Wales region.

## Assembly members

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1999 | Dafydd Wigley | Plaid Cymru |
| 2003 | Alun Ffred Jones | Plaid Cymru |
| 2007 | constituency abolished; see Arfon and Dwyfor Meirionnydd | constituency abolished; see Arfon and Dwyfor Meirionnydd |

## Elections

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Caernarfon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Regional | Regional | Regional |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Alun Ffred Jones | 11,675 | 55.0 | −10.8 | 10,335 | 48.6 | -10.1 |
| | Labour | Martin Eaglestone | 5,770 | 27.2 | +4.5 | 5,127 | 24.1 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | Goronwy Edwards | 2,402 | 11.3 | +2.6 | 2,459 | 11.6 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen William Churchman | 1,392 | 6.6 | +3.8 | 1,238 | 5.8 | +1.4 |
| | Cymru Annibynnol | Cymru Annibynnol | Cymru Annibynnol | Cymru Annibynnol | Cymru Annibynnol | 760 | 3.6 | New |
| | Green | Green | Green | Green | Green | 535 | 2.5 | Unknown |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 433 | 2.0 | New |
| | John Marek Independent Party | John Marek Independent Party | John Marek Independent Party | John Marek Independent Party | John Marek Independent Party | 299 | 1.4 | New |
| | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | 54 | 0.3 | Unknown |
| | ProLife Alliance | ProLife Alliance | ProLife Alliance | ProLife Alliance | ProLife Alliance | 33 | 0.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,905 | 27.8 | −15.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,239 | 45.0 | −15.7 |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing | −7.7 | |
Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Caernarfon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | List | List | List |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Wigley | 18,748 | 65.8 | N/A | 16,661 | 58.7 | |
| | Labour | Tom Jones | 6,475 | 22.7 | N/A | 6,648 | 23.4 | |
| | Conservative | Bronwen Naish | 2,464 | 8.7 | N/A | 2,958 | 10.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Shankland | 791 | 2.8 | N/A | 1,237 | 4.4 | |
| | Green | Green | Green | Green | Green | Unknown | Unknown | |
| | Natural Law | Natural Law | Natural Law | Natural Law | Natural Law | Unknown | Unknown | |
| | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | Unknown | Unknown | |
| | Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign | Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign | Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign | Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign | Rhuddlan Debt Protest Campaign | Unknown | Unknown | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Socialist Alliance | Socialist Alliance | Socialist Alliance | Socialist Alliance | Unknown | Unknown | |
| | Collective vote of the above list parties | Collective vote of the above list parties | Collective vote of the above list parties | Collective vote of the above list parties | Collective vote of the above list parties | 880 | 3.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,273 | 43.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,748 | 60.5 | N/A |
| | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) | Plaid Cymru win (new seat) |
2003 Electorate: 47,173 Regional ballots rejected: 259