2027 Andorran parliamentary election

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2027 Andorran parliamentary election
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  2023 April 20272031 

All 28 seats in the General Council
15 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderCurrent seats
DA+CC Xavier Espot Zamora 16
Concord Cerni Escalé Cabré 5
PS+SDP Pere López i Agràs 3
Endavant Carine Montaner Raynaud 3
Acció Judith Pallarés i Cortés 1

Parliamentary elections are expected to take place in Andorra no later than April 2027. Incumbent prime minister Xavier Espot is incapable of running again due to the country's two term limit for the office.

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Background

The 2023 parliamentary elections resulted in a win for the ruling coalition of Democrats for Andorra (DA) and Committed Citizens (CC), which won an absolute majority of 16 seats, a gain of three. It was followed by the new Concord party, which won five seats. The progressive coalition formed by the Social Democratic Party (PS) and Social Democracy and Progress (SDP) came third with three seats, a loss offour. New parties Andorra Forward and Action for Andorra (Acció) won three and one seats respectively. [1] Liberals of Andorra were left without parliamentary representation, losing the four seats they had. [2]

Electoral system

Twenty-eight general councillors (Catalan: consellers generals) are elected, based on closed party lists: [3] [4]

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. [7]

The 1993 Constitution limits the number of full terms served by a prime minister to two. [8]

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References

  1. "Les Eleccions Generals donen 16 consellers a Demòcrates + CC + ACO + UP, 3 a Concòrdia, 3 al Partit Socialdemòcrata Progressistes SDP+, 3 a Andorra Endavant i 1 a Acció". Government of Andorra. 2 April 2023.
  2. Noya, Bru (2 April 2023). "Les urnes converteixen l'onada blava liberal en mar plana". Altaveu.
  3. Art. 42.2, Law 28/2007.
  4. Electoral system IPU
  5. Art. 57, Law 28/2007.
  6. Art. 58, Law 28/2007. The electoral threshold is the natural quota, one fourteenth of the valid votes (~7.14%).
  7. Arts. 19, 51 & 52, Law 28/2007.
  8. Solano, Alexandre (13 February 2023). "Andorra es prepara per a unes eleccions crucials amb dues grans coalicions". VilaWeb.