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Torfaen (; ) is a county borough in Wales within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It was originally formed in 1974 as a district of the county of Gwent and in 1996 it was reconstituted as a principal area.
Torfaen is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post system.
Torfaen may refer to:
- Torfaen county borough, in South Wales
- Torfaen (UK Parliament constituency)
- Torfaen (Assembly constituency)
Welsh Assembly county constituency
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Torfaen shown as one of the 40
Welsh Assembly constituencies
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Torfaen is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.