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2019 Andorran parliamentary election

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2019 Andorran parliamentary election
Andorra
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All 28 seats in the General Council
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
DA Xavier Espot Zamora 35.13 11 −4
PS Pere López Agràs 30.62 2 −1
L'A Jordi Gallardo 12.48 4 −2
TVUL Josep Pintat Forné 10.42 4 +2
PSL'A 2 New
CC David Baró Riba 2 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by parish and national list
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Antoni Martí
DA
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

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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 Forné, 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

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

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

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Nationwide constituency

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

Party or coalition PM Candidate Current seats 2015 election
Democrats for Andorra (DA) Xavier Espot Zamora 15 15
Liberals of Andorra (L'A) Jordi Gallardo Fernández 3 8
Social Democratic Party (PS) Pere López i Agràs 3 3
Social Democracy and Progress (SDP) Josep Roig Carcel 2 2
Third Way Josep Pintat Forné 5 (integrated in L'A)
Sovereign Andorra (AS) Eusebi Nomen Calvet
United for the Progress of Andorra (UPA) Alfons Clavera Arizti

Parish constituencies

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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) checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY
In agreement checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY
Social Democracy and Progress (SDP) checkY checkY checkY checkY
Third Way checkY checkY checkY checkY checkY
Sovereign Andorra (AS) checkY
Committed Citizens (CC) checkY

Opinion polls

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Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample size DA L'A PS Vd'A SDP Podem TV AS UPA Lead
Time Consultants 7–18 Mar 2019 680 34.1 16.2 30.2 3.8 8.6 2.9 1.2 3.9
CRES 28 Feb–13 Mar 2019 1,212 38.7 16.0 28.9 5.2 6.2 3.1 1.1 9.8
Time Consultants 1–10 Oct 2018 680 34.4 19.9 36.3 8.0 1.4 2.1
CRES 4–21 Jun 2018 809 33.1 21.7 35.3 1.5 7.7 2.3
CRES 3–25 May 2017 803 37.9 27.4 21.0 5.6 4.8 10.5
CRES 16 May–30 Jun 2016 1,215 42.0 20.8 26.9 6.4 15.2
2015 election 1 March 2015 37.0 27.7 23.5 11.7 9.4

Results

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PartyPRConstituencyTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Democrats for Andorra6,24835.1355,93134.86611–4
Social Democratic Party5,44530.6256,47338.0527+4
Liberal Party of Andorra2,21912.48224–4
Third WayLauredian Union1,85310.4222,12212.4724+2
Social Democracy and Progress1,0445.8701,2807.5200–2
Sovereign Andorra8254.640710.4200New
United for the Progress of Andorra1490.84000.000New
Committed Citizens00.001,1366.6822New
Total17,783100.001417,013100.0014280
Valid votes17,78395.4117,01391.35
Invalid votes3241.744432.38
Blank votes5312.851,1686.27
Total votes18,638100.0018,624100.00
Registered voters/turnout27,27868.3327,27868.27
Source: Elections Andorra

By parish

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Parish Constituency PR
DA PS+L'A TV CC SDP AS DA PS L'A TV SDP AS UPA
Canillo 66.3 23.1 10.6 55.9 20 9.4 5.6 2.6 6.5 0.6
Encamp 44.6 42.1 4.9 8.5 37.9 32.3 16.1 4.3 5.5 3.9 1.0
Ordino 44.6 40.2 7.3 7.9 37.2 31.7 12.7 6.8 5.2 6.4 0.5
La Massana 43.9 56.1 36.1 26.6 14.1 12.8 4.4 6.1 0.7
Andorra la Vella 37.0 37.3 10.7 14.9 30.3 37.0 12.6 7.2 8.7 4.3 1.3
Sant Julià de Lòria 27.5 27.8 44.7 26.6 24.6 10.5 30.0 4.9 3.3 0.5
Escaldes-Engordany 41.4 42.6 7.6 8.5 42.5 30.7 11.5 5.5 5.0 4.8 0.7
Total 34.8 38.1 12.5 6.7 7.5 0.4 35.1 30.6 12.4 10.4 5.8 6.4 0.8

Government formation

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Three parties eventually formed a governing coalition, composed of the Democrats, the Liberal Party and Committed Citizens with Xavier Espot Zamora as Prime Minister.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Les eleccions generals andorranes seran el 7 d'abril". Vilaweb. 27 December 2018.
  2. ^ Art. 42.2, Law 28/2007.
  3. ^ Electoral system IPU
  4. ^ Art. 57, Law 28/2007.
  5. ^ Art. 58, Law 28/2007. The electoral threshold is the natural quota, one fourteenth of the valid votes (~7.14%).
  6. ^ Arts. 19, 51 & 52, Law 28/2007.
  7. ^ a b Eleccions al Consell General 2019: Candidatures
  8. ^ "Xavier Espot jura el càrrec de cap de Govern". www.govern.ad (in Catalan). Retrieved 25 December 2022.
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