Will Dafydd Iwan or Cynog Dafis become party president?

The party needs to fill its two top jobs - the president and the party's leader in the Welsh assembly.

The vacancies came up after Ieuan Wyn Jones, who had held both positions, announced he would be stepping down immediately after May's Welsh assembly elections.

Dafydd Iwan and Cynog Dafis are the only two candidates for the presidency.

There are three AMs vying for the role of leading the party in the assembly - Helen Mary Jones and Rhodri Glyn Thomas are the newcomers, but Ieuan Wyn Jones has also put his name back into the mix, and is hoping to keep the job.

Votes will be counted on Monday, 15 September, with all votes expected to arrive before midday on that day.

PRESIDENCY CANDIDATES

1) CYNOG DAFIS

Hails from: Born in 1938 in Treboeth, Swansea

Current role: Plaid Director of Policy

Previous roles: MP for Ceredigion and Pembroke North 1992-1997, MP for Ceredigion 1997-2000, AM for mid and west Wales 1999-2003

Best moment: Winning three special awards for Parliamentary work on the environment and sustainable development

Worst moment: Predicting that Plaid would take seats off Labour in the 2003 election - shortly before Plaid lost five of their existing 12 seats

Odds: 6-5 (from Jack Brown)

2) DAFYDD IWAN

Hails from: Born in Brynaman, Carmarthenshire, in 1943

Current role: Plaid vice-president

Previous roles: Plaid parliamentary candidate for Anglesey in 1974 and Conwy in the early 80s, and north Wales Euro candidate in 1983

Best moment: Being favourite to become Plaid president in 2003

Worst moment: Being caught up in a media storm after a speech about incomers to Wales

Odds: 8-13

WELSH ASSEMBLY LEADER CANDIDATES

Ieuan Wyn Jones could continue leading Plaid in the Welsh assembly

1) IEUAN WYN JONES

Hails from: Born in 1949 in Denbigh

Current role: Anglesey AM, Plaid president and assembly group leader

Previous roles: Anglesey MP, Campaign Director for 1999 election

Best moment: Succeeding Dafydd Wigley as Plaid Cymru president in 2000

Worst moment: The 2003 Welsh assembly election in which Plaid lost five of their 12 assembly seats - he announced his resignation as president and assembly group leader just days later

Odds: 5-4

2) HELEN MARY JONES

Hails from: Born in Colchester in 1960

Current role: AM for mid and west Wales

Previous roles: Llanelli AM, shadow minister for Education and Lifelong Education

Best moment: Winning the Llanelli constituency for Plaid Cymru in the 1999 assembly election

Worst moment: Losing her Llanelli seat in the 2003 Welsh assembly election back to Labour by just 21 votes, then being accused of leading a "plot" to oust Ieuan Wyn Jones

Odds: 4-6

3) RHODRI GLYN THOMAS

Hails from: Born in Wrexham in 1953

Current role: AM for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

Previous roles: MP candidate for Carmarthen (1992) and Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (1997)

Best moment: Finally securing a seat at the assembly in 1999 after losing out in previous elections

Worst moment: A high-profile U-turn when he voiced support for Christine Gwyther's position as Agriculture Secretary after being a leading critic

Odds: 8-1