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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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.
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.
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]
The following parties or coalitions are running in the election: [7]
Party or coalition | PM Candidate | Current seats | 2015 election | |
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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 | – | – |
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 | |
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Democrats for Andorra (DA) | ||||||||
In agreement
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Social Democracy and Progress (SDP) | ||||||||
Third Way
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Sovereign Andorra (AS) | ||||||||
Committed Citizens (CC) |
Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | DA | L'A | PS | Vd'A | SDP | Podem | TV | AS | UPA | Lead |
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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 |
Party | PR | Constituency | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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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 | 6,473 | 38.05 | 2 | 7 | +4 | |
Liberal Party of Andorra | 2,219 | 12.48 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –4 | |||
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 | |
Committed Citizens | 0 | 0.00 | – | 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 votes | 324 | 1.74 | 443 | 2.38 | |||||
Blank votes | 531 | 2.85 | 1,168 | 6.27 | |||||
Total votes | 18,638 | 100.00 | 18,624 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 27,278 | 68.33 | 27,278 | 68.27 | |||||
Source: Elections Andorra |
Parish | Constituency | PR | |||||||||||
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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 |
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