The National Democratic Group ( ca, Agrupament Nacional Democràtic, AND) was a political party in

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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

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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

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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

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the party split into the

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(which won six seats) and the

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(which won five).Nohlen & Stöver, p162

References

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