Parliamentary elections were held in Andorra on 7 April 2019, electing all 28 seats of the General Council. 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 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 Twenty-eight general councillors (Catalan: consellers generals) are elected, based on closed party lists:Art. 42.2, Law 28/2007.Electoral system IPU Fourteen general councillors representing the seven parishes (two councillors per parish) are elected from the list with most votes in each parish.Art. 57, Law 28/2007. Fourteen general councillors are elected from national lists using the largest remainder method of proportional representation.Art. 58, Law 28/2007. The electoral threshold is the natural quota, one fourteenth of the valid votes (~7.14%).

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.Arts. 19, 51 & 52, Law 28/2007.

Parties and leaders Nationwide constituency The following parties or coalitions are running in the election:Eleccions al Consell General 2019: Candidatures +Party or coalitionPM CandidateCurrent seats2015 electionDemocrats for Andorra (DA)Xavier Espot Zamora1515Liberals of Andorra (L'A)Jordi Gallardo Fernández38Social Democratic Party (PS)Pere López i Agràs33Social Democracy and Progress (SDP)Josep Roig Carcel22 Third Way Third Way Lauredian Union (UL) IndependentsJosep Pintat Forné5– (integrated in L'A) (AS) Eusebi Nomen Calvet – – (UPA) Alfons Clavera Arizti – –

Parish constituencies The following table displays the parties or coalitions running at each parish:

Party or coalition Canillo Encamp Ordino La Massana Andorra la Vella Sant Julià de Lòria Escaldes-Engordany Democrats for Andorra (DA) In agreement Liberals of Andorra (L'A) Social Democratic Party (PS) Social Democracy and Progress (SDP) Third Way Third Way Lauredian Union (UL) Independents (AS) Committed Citizens (CC)

Opinion polls

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample size DA L'A PS Vd'A SDP Podem TV AS UPA LeadTime Consultants 7–18 Mar 2019 68034.1 16.2 30.2 – 3.8 – 8.6 2.9 1.2 3.9CRES 28 Feb–13 Mar 2019 1,21238.7 16.0 28.9 – 5.2 – 6.2 3.1 1.1 9.8Time Consultants 1–10 Oct 2018 680 34.4 19.9 36.3 8.0 1.4 – – – 2.1CRES 4–21 Jun 2018 809 33.1 21.735.3 1.5 7.7 – – – – 2.3CRES 3–25 May 2017 80337.9 27.4 21.0 5.6 4.8 – – – – 10.5CRES 16 May–30 Jun 2016 1,21542.0 20.8 26.9 – 6.4 – – – – 15.22015 election 1 March 2015 – 37.0 27.7 23.5 11.7 – – – – 9.4

Results

By parish ParishConstituencyPRDAPS+L'ATVCCSDPASDAPSL'ATVSDPASUPA 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 Total34.838.112.56.77.50.435.130.612.410.45.86.40.8

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