The 2019 Andorran local elections were held on 15 December, to elect all councillors in the seven

parishes of Andorra Andorra consists of seven communities known as parishes ( ca, parròquies, singularparròquia). Until relatively recently, it had only six parishes; the seventh, Escaldes-Engordany, was created in 1978. Overview Andorra la Vella is the capital ...

Electoral system

Voters elected the members of the municipal councils (''consells de comú'' in

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). The Electoral Law allows the municipal councils to choose their numbers of seats, which must be an even number between 10 and 16. All city council members were elected in single multi-member districts, consisting of the whole parish, using closed lists. Half of the seats were allocated to the party with the most votes. The other half of the seats were allocated using the

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(including the winning party). With this system the winning party obtained an

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. The ''cònsol major'' (mayor) and the ''cònsol menor'' (deputy mayor) will be elected indirectly by the municipal councillors after the election.

Parties and leaders

A total of 21 lists were contesting the election. In

Encamp Encamp () is one of the parishes of Andorra, located on the Valira d'Orient river. It is also the name of the main town in the parish. Other settlements include Vila, El Pas de la Casa, Grau Roig, El Tremat, La Mosquera and Les Bons. As of 2004 ...

Ordino Ordino () is the most northerly parish in the Principality of Andorra. It's mostly the main area of Valira del Nord or ''Valira d'Ordino'' river valley. Ordino is also the name of the main town of the parish. Other settlements in the parish are El ...

and

Escaldes-Engordany Escaldes-Engordany () is one of the 7 parishes of Andorra. The Escaldes-Engordany parish was founded on 14 June 1978 and has the second largest population after Andorra la Vella. The parish is composed of the areas of les Escaldes, Engordany, Els V ...

there were 4 candidacies; in

Andorra la Vella Andorra la Vella french: Andorre-la-Vieille is the capital (political), capital of the Andorra, Principality of Andorra. It is located high in the east Pyrenees, between France and Spain. It is also the name of the parishes of Andorra, parish ...

and

Sant Julià de Lòria Sant Julià de Lòria () is one of the parishes of Andorra, in the far south of that country. It is also the name of the main town of the parish, which at 908 m is the lowest settlement in Andorra. Other settlements in the parish include Bixes ...

, 3; in

Canillo Canillo () is one of the parishes of Andorra. Canillo is also the name of the main town of the parish. The parish is considered the religious center of Andorra with the Sanctuary and Chapel of Our Lady of Meritxell, patron saint of Andorra, and co ...

, 2; and in

la Massana La Massana (; originally ''La Maçana'') is one of the seven parishes of Andorra, parishes of the Principality of Andorra. It is located in the northwest of the country. La Massana is also the name of the main town of the parish. The name Massana ...

only one list was contesting the election. For first time since the 2007 election, two lists were contesting the election in

. In

, the incumbent mayor was unable to form a candidacy.

Results

Final turnout was 56.54%, four percentage points lower than in the 2015 election. Abstention was over 50% in Andorra la Vella. Candidacies supported by

Democrats for Andorra Democrats for Andorra ( ca, Demòcrates per Andorra, DA) is a centre-right, liberal-conservative political party currently in government in Andorra. The party was established on 22 February 2011 as the direct successor of the Reformist Coalition ...

won the election in five out of seven parishes, while in

, the candidacy formed by

Third Way The Third Way is a centrist political position that attempts to reconcile right-wing and left-wing politics by advocating a varying synthesis of centre-right economic policies with centre-left social policies. The Third Way was born from a ...

and

Lauredian Union The Lauredian Union ( ca, Unió Laurediana, UL) is a localist conservative political party in Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra. History The party first contested national elections in 1997, Nohlen D & Stöver P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A dat ...

won. The

Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote so ...

won in

Canillo

Encamp

Ordino

La Massana

Andorra la Vella

Sant Julià de Lòria

Escaldes-Engordany

References

External links

Official website

List of candidaciesOfficial results
Local elections in Andorra

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