The Social Democratic Party ( ca, Partit Socialdemòcrata, PS) is a

social-democratic Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Andorra , image_flag = Flag of Andorra.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Andorra.svg , symbol_type = Coat of arms , national_motto = la, Virtus Unita Fortior, label=none (Latin)"United virtue is stro ...

History

The party was established in the run-up to the March 2001 parliamentary elections when the

National Democratic Group The National Democratic Group ( ca, Agrupament Nacional Democràtic, AND) was a political party in Andorra. Nohlen D & Stöver P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p161 History The party was established in 1993 after political part ...

split in two, with 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 ...

also being formed. Nohlen D & Stöver P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p162 The new party received 28.7% of the vote and won six seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p164 In the buildup to the April 2005 parliamentary elections the party formed an alliance named L'Alternativa with the Parochial Union of Independents Group (GUPI) and

Democratic Renewal Democratic Renewal (DIANA, Greek language, Greek: ''Δημοκρατική Ανανέωση'' (ΔΗ.ΑΝΑ.), ''Dimokratiki Ananeosi'') was a Greece, Greek political party founded by Konstantinos Stephanopoulos on September 6, 1985. It continue ...

to contest parish-level seats. The party won six seats at the national level, whilst the alliance won six seats at the parish level. With a total of twelve seats, the party remained in opposition. The April 2009 parliamentary elections saw the party renew its alliance with GUPI and some independents.Elections in 2009
IPU The alliance won 14 of the 28 seats and PS leader

Jaume Bartumeu Jaume Bartumeu Cassany, Order of Prince Henry, GCIH (; born 10 November 1954) is an Andorran lawyer and politician, who served as the prime minister of Andorra from 2009 to 2011. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic Party (Andorra), S ...

became Prime Minister, with the

Andorra for Change Andorra for Change ( ca, Andorra pel Canvi, APC) was a political party in Andorra. The party was in favor of the country remaining a tax haven, and as such was against alterations to the tax system that would take that status away. History The par ...

party supporting the government. In 2010 the APC withdrew its support for the PS-led government, and in 2011 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 ...

rejected the government's budget, forcing early elections.Latest elections
IPU The April 2011 parliamentary elections saw the PS receive 34.8% of the vote, reducing its representation to six seats. In the March 2015 parliamentary elections, the party ran in alliance with the

Greens of Andorra The Greens of Andorra ( ca, Verds d'Andorra, VA) is a green political party in Andorra. History The party first contested national elections in 2005, Nohlen D & Stöver P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p162 when they ran in the ...

Citizens' Initiative In political science, an initiative (also known as a popular initiative or citizens' initiative) is a means by which a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters can force a government to choose either to enact a law or hold a pu ...

and independent candidates. The alliance's vote share fell to 24%, winning only three seats.

Election results

General Council elections

Local elections

Members

Some notable past and present members are: *

, Prime Minister from 2009 to 2011 * Carles Blasi Vidal * Josep Dallerès Codina * Jordi Font Mariné *

Pere López Agràs Pere López Agràs (born 13 October 1971)P ...

, Prime Minister 2011 * Maria Pilar Riba Font, sat on General Council from 2005 to 2011

References

External links

Official website
Parties related to the Party of European Socialists Political parties in Andorra Social democratic parties Full member parties of the Socialist International 2000 establishments in Andorra Political parties established in 2000 Social democratic parties in Europe Socialism in Andorra {{Andorra-party-stub