Parliamentary elections were held in
Andorra on 7 April 2019, electing all 28 seats of the
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. 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
The Committed Citizens ( ca, Ciutadans Compromesos; CC) is a social liberal Andorran political party founded in 2011 for the municipal elections in La Massana.
History
The party's first election is the municipal election in La Massana. CC obta ...
, 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
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party lists:
*Fourteen general councillors representing the seven
parishes
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
(two councillors per parish) are elected from the list with most votes in each parish.
*Fourteen general councillors are elected from national lists using the
largest remainder method of
proportional representation.
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.
Parties and leaders
Nationwide constituency
The following parties or coalitions are running in the election:
Opinion polls
Results
By parish
Government formation
Three parties eventually formed a governing coalition, composed of the Democrats, the Liberal Party and Committed Citizens with
Xavier Espot Zamora as Prime Minister.
References
External links
Official website
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