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Elections In Andorra
There are two types of elections in Andorra: parliamentary elections and local elections. The 28 members of the General Council of the Valleys (''Consell General de les Valls'') are elected in parliamentary elections for a maximum term of four years. In the local elections, the council members of the seven parishes of Andorra are elected for a four-year term. Elections in Andorra are regulated since the promulgation of the Nova Reforma in 1867. Election system The current electoral law was approved in 2014 and replaces the 1993 law. Only people with Andorran nationality and over 18 years old are eligible to vote and to become a candidate. Parliamentary elections All 28 seats of the General Council of the Valleys, General Council are elected at the same time. Half of the seats are elected in two-member constituencies based on the Parishes of Andorra, seven parishes, with a Plurality-at-large voting, plurality party block voting method. The remaining 14 are elected in a single nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Council Of The Valleys
The General Council ( ca, Consell General d'Andorra, ) is the unicameral parliament of Andorra. It is sometimes referred to as the General Council of the Valleys (Catalan: ''Consell General de les Valls'') because it was the historical name and to distinguish it from similarly named bodies in the Val d'Aran and in France. Organization There are twenty-eight "general councillors", who are elected for four-year terms based on party lists in a closed list system: *two general councillors from each of the seven parishes, elected from the list with most votes in each parish; *fourteen general councillors elected from national lists using the largest remainder method of proportional representation. 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). This is a recent development; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
