Summary

  • UKIP claims its first assembly seats

  • Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood unseats Labour minister Leighton Andrews in Rhondda

  • Labour is on course to be the largest party in Cardiff Bay, holding all but one of its seats so far

  • Watch live coverage on BBC One Wales or listen to BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru

  1. The count beginspublished at 22:04 British Summer Time 5 May 2016

    Now begins the task of counting the votes - a process which will last through the night. We're hoping to have the first result at about 01:00.

    People counting votesImage source, Getty Images
  2. Polls have now closedpublished at 22:00 British Summer Time 5 May 2016

    Hello and welcome to BBC Wales' live coverage of the Welsh Assembly election results. 

    The polls have now closed and we will be bringing you all the news and analysis as it happens. You can also follow us on Twitter @WalesPolitics and @BBCWalesNews. 

    Birchgrove polling station in Cardiff