Editing Plaid Cymru (section)

===Local councils===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Councils
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
|-
! [[1995 Welsh local elections|1995]]
| 115,900
| 12.5
| {{Composition bar|1|8|hex={{party color|Plaid Cymru}}}}
| 
| {{Composition bar|202|1272|hex={{party color|Plaid Cymru}}}}
| 
|-
! [[1999 Welsh local elections|1999]]
| 179,212
| 18.2
| {{Composition bar|3|22|hex={{party color|Plaid Cymru}}}}
| {{increase}} 2
| {{Composition bar|205|1270|hex={{party color|Plaid Cymru}}}}
| {{increase}} 3
|-
! [[2004 Welsh local elections|2004]]
| 149,352
| 16.4
| {{Composition bar|1|22|hex={{party color|Plaid Cymru}}}}
| {{decrease}} 2
| {{Composition bar|175|1263|hex={{party color|Plaid Cymru}}}}
| {{decrease}} 30
|-
! [[2008 Welsh local elections|2008]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/region_99999.stm |title=Election 2008 – Councils A-Z |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912235541/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/region_99999.stm |archive-date=12 September 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 159,847
| 16.8
| {{Composition bar|0|22|hex={{party color|Plaid Cymru}}}}
| {{decrease}} 1
| {{Composition bar|205|1270|hex={{party color|Plaid Cymru}}}}
| {{increase}} 31
|-
! [[2012 Welsh local elections|2012]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/wales.stm |title=Vote 2012 – Welsh Council Results |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717085318/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/wales.stm |archive-date=17 July 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>*
| 133,961
| 15.8
| {{Composition bar|0|22|hex={{party color|Plaid Cymru}}}}
| {{steady}}
| {{Composition bar|158|1235|hex={{party color|Plaid Cymru}}}}
| {{decrease}} 41
|-
! [[2017 Welsh local elections|2017]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cg41ylwvx45t/wales-local-elections-2017|title=Wales local elections 2017 |work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717085402/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cg41ylwvx45t/wales-local-elections-2017 |archive-date=17 July 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 160,519
| 16.5
| {{Composition bar|1|22|hex={{party color|Plaid Cymru}}}}
| {{increase}} 1
| {{Composition bar|208|1254|hex={{party color|Plaid Cymru}}}}
| {{increase}} 33
|-
! [[2022 Welsh local elections|2022]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2022/wales/results |title=Wales local elections 2022 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=8 May 2022 |archive-date=8 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508034722/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2022/wales/results |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 160,284
| 16.9
| {{Composition bar|4|22|hex={{party color|Plaid Cymru}}}}
| {{increase}} 3
| {{Composition bar|202|1231|hex={{party color|Plaid Cymru}}}}
| {{decrease}} 6
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>The 2012 figures exclude Anglesey, where the vote was delayed until 2013. The changes in seats and votes shown for 2012 are a direct comparison since the 2008 elections in the 21 councils up for election (i.e. excluding Anglesey).

In 2008, Plaid won 205 seats including six in Anglesey. For the purposes of this table the 205 figure has been reduced to 199 for the 2012 elections where the party lost 41 of the 199 seats it was defending on the night, leaving them with 158 seats.

In the [[2013 Isle of Anglesey County Council election|2013 elections in Anglesey]], the party won 12 seats, up from the 6 it won in 2008 (although there were significant boundary changes and a reduction in the total number of seats from 40 to 30).

The 2017 figures are based on changes from the 2012 and 2013 elections. ''(Hence the slight discrepancy in the percentage increase.)''