The 2015 Andorran local elections were held on 13 December. Voters elected the council members of the seven parishes.
Andorra consists of seven communities known as parishes. Until relatively recently, it had only six parishes; the seventh, Escaldes-Engordany, was created in 1978.
Voters elect the members of the municipal councils (consells de comú in Catalan). The Electoral Law allows the municipal councils to choose their numbers of seats, which must be an even number between 10 and 16.
Catalan is a Western Romance language derived from Vulgar Latin and named after the medieval Principality of Catalonia, in northeastern modern Spain. It is the only official language of Andorra, and a co-official language of the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencia. It also has semi-official status in the Italian commune of Alghero. It is also spoken in the eastern strip of Aragon, in some villages of Region of Murcia called Carche and in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France. These territories are often called Països Catalans or "Catalan Countries".
All city council members are elected in single multi-member districts, consisting of the whole parish, using closed lists. Half of the seats are allocated to the party with the most votes. The other half of the seats are allocated using the Hare quota (including the winning party). With this system the winning party obtains an absolute majority.
The Hare quota is a formula used under some forms of the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system and the largest remainder method of party-list proportional representation. In these voting systems the quota is the minimum number of votes required for a party or candidate to capture a seat.
The cònsol major (mayor) and the cònsol menor (deputy mayor) are elected indirectly by the municipal councilliors. [1]
| Party | Vote | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | ||
| Democrats for Andorra (DA) | 4,968 | 37.11 | 45 | |
| Liberals of Andorra (LDA) | 3,498 | 26.13 | 10 | |
| Social Democratic Party (PS) | 2,022 | 15.10 | 5 | |
| Committed Citizens (CC) | 1,330 | 9.93 | 11 | |
| Lauredia in Common (LC) | 991 | 7.40 | 9 | |
| Common Sense (Social Democracy and Progress) (SDP) | 580 | 4.33 | 0 | |
| Blank/invalid ballots | 1,860 | 12.20 | ||
| Total | 15,249 | Turnout 60.78 | 80 | |
| Source: http://www.eleccions.ad/escrutini | ||||
| Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | ||||
| Democrats for Andorra + Independents (DA+Ind) | 328 | 100.00 | 10 | |||
| Blank/invalid ballots | 241 | 42.36 | ||||
| Total | 569 | Turnout 62.18 | 10 | |||
| Source: http://www.eleccions.ad/escrutini | ||||||
| Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | ||||
| Together for Progress + Democrats for Andorra (UP+DA) | 830 | 42.22 | 8 | |||
| Liberals of Andorra + Independents (LDA+Ind) | 632 | 32.15 | 2 | |||
| Social Democratic Party + Independents (PS+I) | 504 | 25.64 | 2 | |||
| Blank/invalid ballots | 187 | 8.69 | ||||
| Total | 2 153 | Turnout 61.89 | 12 | |||
| Source: http://www.eleccions.ad/ | ||||||
| Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | ||||
| Ordino Communal Action + Democrats for Andorra (ACO+DA) | 640 | 58.66 | 8 | |||
| Liberals of Andorra + Independents (LD'A+I) | 451 | 41.34 | 2 | |||
| Blank/invalid ballots | 149 | 12.01 | ||||
| Total | 1 240 | Turnout 76.30 | 10 | |||
| Source: http://www.eleccions.ad/escrutini | ||||||
| Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | ||||
| Committed Citizens (CC) | 1 330 | 77.55 | 11 | |||
| Democrats for Andorra (DA) | 385 | 22.45 | 1 | |||
| Blank/invalid ballots | 176 | 9.31 | ||||
| Total | 1891 | Turnout 68.93 | 12 | |||
| Source: http://www.eleccions.ad/escrutini | ||||||
| Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | ||||
| Democrats for Andorra + Independents (DA+I) | 1 289 | 35.74 | 8 | |||
| Social Democratic Party + Independents (PS+I) | 996 | 27.61 | 2 | |||
| Coalition of Independents + Liberals of Andorra (CDI+LDA) | 904 | 25.06 | 2 | |||
| Common Sense + Social Democracy and Progress + Independents (SC+SDP+Ind) | 418 | 11.59 | 0 | |||
| Blank/invalid ballots | 395 | 9.87 | ||||
| Total | 4 002 | Turnout 53.09 | 12 | |||
| Source: http://www.eleccions.ad/ | ||||||
| Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | ||||
| Lauredia in Common (LC) | 991 | 50.36 | 9 | |||
| Liberals of Andorra + Lauredian Union (LDA+UL) | 977 | 49.64 | 3 | |||
| Blank/invalid ballots | 458 | 18.88 | ||||
| Total | 2426 | Turnout 66.26 | 12 | |||
| Source: | ||||||
| Party | Vote | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Won | ||||
| Democrats for Andorra (DA) | 1 487 | 54.97 | 10 | |||
| Liberals of Andorra (LDA) | 534 | 19.74 | 1 | |||
| Social Democratic Party + Independents (PS+I) | 522 | 19.30 | 1 | |||
| Common Sense + Social Democracy and Progress + Independents (SC+SDP+Ind) | 162 | 5.99 | 0 | |||
| Blank/invalid ballots | 274 | 9.20 | ||||
| Total | 2979 | Turnout 57.86 | 12 | |||
| Source: | ||||||
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