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About 2.2m electors in Wales were entitled to vote, although the size of the turnout will be examined closely.

People have been choosing about 1,300 county councillors and four MEPs, as well as town and community councillors.

The county council results will be revealed on Friday, while the Euro votes will be counted on Sunday.

With a drive to increase the amount of postal voting, a growing number of people voted in the days and weeks before the polls opened.

But most still had to make the traditional trip to the polling booth.

For the European election, Wales is treated as a single constituency.

Four MEPs will be returned from Wales at this election, down from five last time.

The reduction is because the number of British MEPs is being cut from 87 to 78 as a result of the arrival of 10 new countries in the European Union last month.

Ten parties were contesting the European election in Wales. Each party put forward four candidates, but people have only one vote.

If their party does well enough, candidates nearest the top of their party's list stand the best chance of winning a seat

Who you voted for European Parliament:4 MEPs County councils: 1,300 councillors in 22 areas Town and community councils: 730 local authorities

All 22 Welsh county councils are being elected. Although these elections are normally held every four years, they were postponed last year to avoid clashing with the Welsh assembly poll.

More than 3,000 candidates were competing for some 1,300 seats, although some were uncontested.

About 730 town and community councils were also up for election, but again some of these seats are uncontested. In some cases there were no elections as all the seats are uncontested.

People may be able to cast several votes in both council elections, if they live in wards with more than one member.

Although all the county councils will be verifying their votes after polls close on Thursday, only half-a-dozen will be counting on the night.

These are Blaenau Gwent, Cardiff, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Swansea, and Vale of Glamorgan, with results expected anywhere from 0100 BST on Friday.

The rest will be counting on Friday, and declaring during the morning. It is hoped that all results will be declared by early Friday afternoon.

The European votes will also be verified on Thursday night, but they will be neither counted nor declared until Sunday evening.

This is because most other EU states will vote next Sunday, 13 June, and their polls will close at 2100 BST.

The 22 Welsh counties will each count their European votes on Sunday evening, and send their results to the Welsh European voting centre at Haverfordwest, where it is hoped the result will be declared by about 2200 BST.