2019 Andorran parliamentary election

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.

2019 Andorran parliamentary election

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All 28 seats in the General Council

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– DA Xavier Espot Zamora 35.13 11 −4 PS Pere López Agràs 30.62 2 −1 L'A Jordi Gallardo 12.48 4 −2 TV–UL Josep Pintat Forné 10.42 4 +2 PS–L'A – – 2 New CC David Baró Riba – 2 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by parish and national list Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Antoni Martí DA Xavier Espot Zamora DA

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:^[2][3]

• Fourteen general councillors representing the seven parishes (two councillors per parish) are elected from the list with most votes in each parish.^[4]
• Fourteen general councillors are elected from national lists using the largest remainder method of proportional representation.^[5]

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]

Parties and leaders

Nationwide constituency

The following parties or coalitions are running in the election:^[7]

Party or coalition		PM Candidate	Current seats	2015 election
	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 Third Way Lauredian Union (UL) Independents	Josep Pintat Forné	5	– (integrated in L'A)
	Sovereign Andorra [ca] (AS)	Eusebi Nomen Calvet	–	–
	United for the Progress of Andorra [ca] (UPA)	Alfons Clavera Arizti	–	–

Parish constituencies

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
	Democrats for Andorra (DA)	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
	In agreement Liberals of Andorra (L'A) Social Democratic Party (PS)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
	Social Democracy and Progress (SDP)		Y	Y		Y		Y
	Third Way Third Way Lauredian Union (UL) Independents		Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
	Sovereign Andorra [ca] (AS)	Y
	Committed Citizens (CC)				Y

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	DA	L'A	PS	Vd'A	SDP	Podem	TV	AS	UPA	Lead
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

Results

Party		PR			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
		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 [ca]	825	4.64	0	71	0.42	0	0	New
	United for the Progress of Andorra [ca]	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

By parish

Parish	Constituency						PR
	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

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.^[8]