The National Democratic Group ( ca, Agrupament Nacional Democràtic, AND) was a political party in
Andorra
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[ Nohlen D & Stöver P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p161 ]
History
The party was established in 1993 after political parties were legalised. In the
elections that year it received 26.4% of the vote, emerging as the largest party in the
General Council General council may refer to:
In education:
* General Council (Scottish university), an advisory body to each of the ancient universities of Scotland
* General Council of the University of St Andrews, the corporate body of all graduates and senio ...
with eight of the 28 seats. Its leader
Òscar Ribas Reig
Òscar Ribas Reig (; 26 October 193618 December 2020) was an Andorran politician, lawyer, and businessman who became the prime minister of Andorra in 1982. remained
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
after the AND formed a coalition government with other progressive parties. However, in November 1994 Ribas lost a vote of no confidence and
Marc Forné Molné
Marc Forné i Molné (; born 30 December 1946) was the prime minister of Andorra from 7 December 1994 to 20 February 2005. After 2 full terms, he was succeeded by Albert Pintat after Pintat won the January 2005 election. He is a lawyer by profess ...
of the
Liberal Union became Prime Minister.
In the
1997 elections the AND was reduced to six seats whilst the Liberal Union won 16. Shortly before the
2001 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 2001.
Africa
* 2001 Beninese presidential election
* 2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election
* 2001 Cape Verdean presidential election
* 2001 Chadian presidential election
* 2001 Gabonese legislat ...
the party split into the
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
For ...
(which won six seats) and the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
Active parties Africa
*Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
*Demo ...
(which won five).
[Nohlen & Stöver, p162]
References
{{Andorran political parties
Defunct political parties in Andorra
Political parties established in 1993
1993 establishments in Andorra
Political parties with year of disestablishment missing