2019 Andorran parliamentary election

2019 Andorran parliamentary election

← 2015 7 April 2019
All 28 seats in the General Council
First party Second party   Leader Xavier Espot Zamora Pere López Agràs Party DA PS Leader since 12 December 2018 1 October 2014 Leader's seat None National Last election 15 seats 3 seats Seats won 11 7 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 6,248 5,445   Third party Fourth party   Leader Jordi Gallardo Party L'A TV–UL Leader since 8 December 2017 Leader's seat National Last election 6 seats 2 seats Seats won 4 4 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 2,219 1,853
Popular vote by Parish and National Lists. As this is a election using parallel voting, seat totals are determined by total popular vote as well as by results in each Parish.
Prime Minister before election Antoni Martí DA Elected Prime Minister Xavier Espot Zamora DA

Parliamentary elections were held in Andorra on 7 April 2019, electing all 28 seats of the General Council.^[1] Although they remained the largest party, the Democrats for Andorra lost their parliamentary majority after losing four seats. The Social Democratic Party gained four seats, becoming the second-largest party.

Background[]

Democrats for Andorra secured an absolute majority in the 2015 election and Antoni Martí was re-elected Prime Minister of Andorra. In December 2017, Josep Pintat, together with the two members of the Lauredian Union and two members of Committed Citizens, left the Liberal group.

Antoni Martí was unable to stand for reelection, as the Constitution limits the office to two complete consecutive terms.

Electoral system[]

Twenty-eight general councillors (Catalan: consellers generals) are elected, based on closed party lists:^[2][3]

• Fourteen general councillors representing the seven parishes (two councillors per parish) are elected from the list with most votes in each parish.^[4]
• Fourteen general councillors are elected from national lists using the largest remainder method of proportional representation.^[5]

The parish lists and the national list are independent of one another: the same person cannot appear on both the national list and on a parish list, and voters cast two separate ballots. There is no requirement to vote for the same party for both lists.^[6]

Parties and leaders[]

Nationwide constituency[]

The following parties or coalitions are running in the election:^[7]

Parish constituencies[]

The following table displays the parties or coalitions running at each parish:^[7]

Party or coalition		Canillo	Encamp	Ordino	La Massana	Andorra la Vella	Sant Julià de Lòria	Escaldes-Engordany
	Democrats for Andorra (DA)	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
	In agreement Liberals of Andorra (L'A) Social Democratic Party (PS)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
	Social Democracy and Progress (SDP)		Y	Y		Y		Y
	Third Way Third Way Lauredian Union (UL) Independents		Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
	(AS)	Y
	Committed Citizens (CC)				Y

Opinion polls[]

Results[]

Party		PR			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Democrats for Andorra–	6,248	35.13	5	5,931	34.86	6	11	–4
	Social Democratic Party	5,445	30.62	5				5	–
	Liberal Party of Andorra	2,219	12.48	2				2	–
	Third Way–Lauredian Union	1,853	10.42	2	2,122	12.47	2	4	+2
	Social Democracy and Progress	1,044	5.87	0	1,280	7.52	0	0	–2
	Sovereign Andorra	825	4.64	0	71	0.42	0	0	New
	United for the Progress of Andorra	149	0.84	0	0	0.00	–	0	New
	Social Democratic Party–Liberal Party[a]				6,473	38.05	4	4	–
	Committed Citizens				1,136	6.68	2	2	New
Total		17,783	100.00	14	17,013	100.00	14	28	0
Valid votes		17,783	95.41		17,013	91.35
Invalid/blank votes		855	4.59		1,611	8.65
Total votes		18,638	100.00		18,624	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,278	68.33		27,278	68.27
Source: Elections Andorra

By parish[]

Government formation[]

Three parties eventually formed a governing coalition, composed of the Democrats, the Liberal Party and Committed Citizens.

References[]

External links[]

• Official website