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Welsh: bwrw pleidlais

English: cast a vote

Status A

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Verb

Last updated: 3 August 2023

Welsh: cwmpas y bleidlais

English: ambit of the vote

Status B

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Noun, Masculine, Singular

Definition: A description of the service, the purposes and the total amount of an estimate shown at the beginning of each vote. It is the ambit of the vote which Parliament agrees in the Appropriation Act. Monies cannot be paid unless the purpose for which they are being used comes within the ambit of the vote.

Last updated: 25 November 2004

Welsh: datganiad pleidlais drwy’r post

English: postal voting statement

Status A

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Noun, Masculine, Singular

Plural: datganiadau pleidleisiau drwy’r post

Context: The returning officer must, in accordance with Schedule 3, issue to those entitled to vote by post— (a) a ballot paper, and (b) a postal voting statement,

Notes: Yng nghyd-destun etholiadau. Daw'r testun cyd-destunol o Orchymyn Senedd Cymru (Cynrychiolaeth y Bobl) 2025 (drafft ymgynghori). Gelwir yn 'postal vote statement' weithiau.

Last updated: 14 January 2025

Welsh: e-bleidlais

English: e-vote

Status A

Subject: Local government

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Plural: e-bleidleisiau

Definition: Pleidlais a gaiff ei bwrw drwy ddulliau electronig.

Last updated: 20 June 2018

Welsh: pleidlais

English: ballot

Status B

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Plural: pleidleisiau

Definition: An instance of voting, usually in secret using ballot papers or a voting machine.

Notes: Fel arfer, ond nid bob tro, bydd ‘ballot’ yn bleidlais gyfrinachol. Argymhellir defnyddio’r term ‘pleidlais gudd’ i gyfleu hynny.

Last updated: 14 January 2016

Welsh: pleidlais absennol

English: absent vote

Status B

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Plural: pleidleisiau absennol

Definition: Yng nghyd-destun etholiadau, pleidlais drwy ddirprwy neu bleidlais drwy'r post.

Context: Where after the final nomination day an application under— […] is granted, or a notice under article 11(9) (cancellation of proxy appointment) is received, and the application or notice is not to be disregarded for the purposes of the election under paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 (closing dates for absent vote applications), the registration officer must notify the returning officer [...]

Notes: Yng nghyd-destun etholiadau. Daw'r testun cyd-destunol o'r Memorandwm Esboniadol i Orchymyn Senedd Cymru (Cynrychiolaeth y Bobl) 2025 (drafft ymgynghori).

Last updated: 14 January 2025

Welsh: Pleidlais Amgen

English: Alternative Vote

Status A

Subject: General

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Context: AV

Last updated: 9 July 2010

Welsh: Pleidlais Amgen

English: AV

Status A

Subject: General

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Context: Alternative Vote

Last updated: 9 July 2010

Welsh: pleidlais ar gyfrif

English: vote on account

Status C

Subject: Committees

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Last updated: 6 June 2002

Welsh: pleidlais atodol

English: supplementary vote

Status B

Subject: Committees

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Plural: pleidleisiau atodol

Definition: The Supplementary Vote (SV) is a shortened version of the Alternative Vote (AV). Under SV, there are two columns on the ballot paper – one for voters to mark their first choice and one in which to mark a second choice. Voters mark one 'X' in each column, although voters are not required to make a second choice if they do not wish to.

Notes: Dyma’r system a ddefnyddir yn etholiadau’r Comisiynwyr Heddlu a Throseddu.

Last updated: 15 February 2016

Welsh: Pleidlais Blwydd-daliadau Pensiwn Sifil

English: Civil Superannuation Vote

Status B

Subject: Finance and statistics

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Definition: Darpariaeth gyllidebol o fewn proses Amcangyfrifon Llywodraeth y DU, sy'n ariannu cynlluniau pensiwn y Gwasanaeth Sifil.

Context: Caiff Llywodraeth Cymru, o dan rai amgylchiadau, setlo rhywfaint neu'r cyfan o'i rhwymedigaeth ymlaen llaw trwy wneud taliad i Wasanaeth Bancio'r Llywodraeth yn y Bank of England i gredydu'r Bledlais Blwydd-daliadau Pensiwn Sifil.

Notes: Arwyddocâd yr elfen Vote/ Pleidlais yn y term hwn yw bod y ddarpariaeth hon yn llinell benodol o fewn Amcangyfrifon y Llywodraeth, sydd angen pleidlais arni yn y Senedd er mwyn awdurdodi'r gwariant.

Last updated: 26 November 2025

Welsh: pleidlais boblogaidd

English: popular vote

Status C

Subject: Culture and the arts

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Last updated: 19 August 2014

Welsh: pleidlais bost drwy ddirprwy

English: proxy postal vote

Status B

Subject: Local government

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Last updated: 21 March 2003

Welsh: pleidlais ddangosol

English: indicative vote

Status B

Subject: Law

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Plural: pleidleisiau dangosol

Last updated: 15 May 2019

Welsh: pleidlais derfynol

English: final vote

Status C

Subject: Local government

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Last updated: 18 August 2014

Welsh: pleidlais drwy ddirprwy

English: proxy vote

Status A

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Plural: pleidleisiau drwy ddirprwy

Last updated: 3 August 2023

Welsh: pleidlais drwy ddirprwy mewn argyfwng

English: emergency proxy vote

Status B

Subject: Local government

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Plural: pleidleisiau drwy ddirprwy mewn argyfwng

Definition: Pleidlais a gaiff ei bwrw gan ddirprwy a benodwyd gan bleidleisiwr sydd â rhesymau dilys dros fethu â mynd i orsaf bleidleisio, ar ôl adeg cau'r cyfnod hysbysu arferol ar gyfer penodi dirprwy.

Last updated: 10 February 2022

Welsh: pleidlais drwy'r post

English: postal vote

Status A

Subject: Local government

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Plural: pleidleisiau drwy'r post

Definition: Pleidlais a gaiff ei bwrw drwy gyfrwng y post

Notes: Byddai 'pleidlais bost' yn addas mewn rhai cyd-destunau.

Last updated: 17 January 2025

Welsh: pleidlais fwrw

English: casting vote

Status A

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Plural: pleidleisiau bwrw

Definition: Pleidlais ychwanegol a roddir i gadeirydd er mwyn penderfynu ar fater pan fydd y pleidleisiau o blaid ac yn erbyn y mater yn gyfartal.

Last updated: 3 August 2023

Welsh: pleidlais gadarnhau

English: confirmatory vote

Status B

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Last updated: 25 November 2004

Welsh: pleidlais gudd

English: secret ballot

Status B

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Plural: pleidleisiau cudd

Definition: The secret ballot is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election or a referendum are anonymous, forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation and potential vote buying. The system is one means of achieving the goal of political privacy.

Last updated: 14 January 2016

Welsh: pleidlais gyfartal

English: tied vote

Status A

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Plural: pleidleisiau cyfartal

Definition: Sefyllfa lle bydd yr un nifer o bleidleisiau wedi ei rhoi o blaid ac yn erbyn cynnig.

Last updated: 3 August 2023

Welsh: pleidlais gyffredin drwy ddirprwy

English: ordinary proxy vote

Status C

Subject: Local government

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Last updated: 10 February 2022

Welsh: pleidlais gynghori

English: advisory vote

Status C

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Last updated: 26 June 2012

Welsh: pleidlais o bell

English: remote vote

Status A

Subject: Local government

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Plural: pleidleisiau o bell

Definition: Pleidlais a gaiff ei bwrw drwy ddulliau electronig, y tu allan i orsaf bleidleisio.

Last updated: 20 June 2018

Welsh: pleidlais orfodi

English: binding vote

Status C

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Last updated: 26 June 2012

Welsh: pleidlais sengl drosglwyddadwy

English: single transferrable vote

Status C

Subject: Local government

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Last updated: 20 September 2004

Welsh: Pleidlais Sengl Drosglwyddadwy

English: Single Transferable Vote

Status A

Subject: Local government

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Definition: The Single Transferable Vote (STV) is a preferential electoral system, which means voters are asked to rank the available candidates in order of preference. Voters may choose to rank all the available candidates or only as many as they wish, which may be as few as just one.

Context: System etholiadol ddewisol yw’r Bleidlais Sengl Drosglwyddadwy (STV) sy’n golygu y gofynnir i bleidleiswyr rancio’r ymgeiswyr yn nhrefn eu blaenoriaeth. Caiff pleidleiswyr ddewis rancio’r holl ymgeiswyr sydd ar gael neu ddim ond cynifer ag y dymunant, a allai fod yn ddim ond un.

Last updated: 20 June 2018

Welsh: pleidlais symbolaidd

English: token vote

Status C

Subject: Committees

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Last updated: 6 June 2002

Welsh: pleidlais ystyrlon

English: meaningful vote

Status B

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Notes: Yng nghyd-destun trafodaethau yn San Steffan ar Brexit.

Last updated: 14 February 2019

Welsh: Rheolau Etholiadau Lleol (Prif Ardaloedd) (Pleidlais Sengl Drosglwyddadwy) (Cymru) 2023

English: The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Single Transferable Vote) (Wales) Rules 2023

Status A

Subject: Titles of legislation

Part of speech: Noun, Plural

Last updated: 3 May 2024

Welsh: system Ymgeisio Ar-lein am Bleidlais Absennol

English: Online Absent Voting Application system

Status B

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Definition: System electronig ar gyfer gwneud cais am bleidlais drwy'r post neu bleidlais drwy ddirprwy.

Notes: Defnyddir yr acronym OAVA yn Saesneg.

Last updated: 18 June 2025

Welsh: system Ymgeisio Ar-lein am Bleidlais Absennol

English: OAVA system

Status B

Subject: Politics

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Definition: System electronig ar gyfer gwneud cais am bleidlais drwy'r post neu bleidlais drwy ddirprwy.

Notes: OAVA yw'r acronym Saesneg a ddefnyddir am Online Absent Voting Application.

Last updated: 18 June 2025

Welsh: y bleidlais

English: ballot

Status B

Subject: Local government

Part of speech: Noun, Feminine, Singular

Definition: Cyfanswm y pleidleisiau a fwriwyd mewn etholiad ee "he won by 54% of the ballot".

Last updated: 21 March 2003

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