South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region)

South Wales Central
South Wales Central
Canol De Cymru (Welsh)
Multi-member electoral region; for the Senedd
	Map of South Wales Central, with constituencies numbered alphabetically and coloured in 2021 party colours. Inset within Wales shown to the top-right with the four regional seats.
Interactive map
	Interactive map of the constituency.
Preserved counties	Mid Glamorgan (part); South Glamorgan (part); ;
Current Multi-member electoral region
Created	1999
Number of members	12 8 constituency; 4 regional; ;
MSs	Labour (8); Conservative (2); Plaid Cymru (2);
Constituencies	Cardiff Central; Cardiff North; Cardiff South and Penarth; Cardiff West; Cynon Valley; Pontypridd; Rhondda; Vale of Glamorgan;

South Wales Central (Welsh: Canol De Cymru) is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects 12 members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in 1999, when the National Assembly for Wales was created.

Each constituency elects one Member of the Senedd (MSs) by the first past the post electoral system, and the region as a whole elects four additional or top-up MSs, to create a degree of proportional representation. The additional member seats are allocated from closed lists by the D'Hondt method, with constituency results reckoned as pre elected list members.