The Lauredian Union (, UL) is a

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Andorra Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a Sovereignty, sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Southwestern Europe, Andorra–France border, bordered by France to the north and Spain to A ...

. Based in

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, UL is

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and

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...

. The party has formed coalitions in the General Council with the

Democrats for Andorra Democrats for 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 which ran in the 2009 elec ...

and Liberals of Andorra, but did not field any candidates for the 2023 election.

History

The Lauredian Union is centered in

. The Lauredian Union first contested national elections in 1997,

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& Phillip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p162 when it was one of several local parties to form an alliance with the Liberal Union in the

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that year. The UL failed to win a seat, but in the 2001 elections won two seats. The party did not contest the 2005 elections, For the 2009 elections the party was part of the Reformist Coalition, which won 11 of the 28 seats. In the 2011 elections the party won two seats,Latest elections
IPU and formed a coalition with the

. In the

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, the party returned to the Liberal camp but soon formed a 'third way' coalition alongside the

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party and several Independents for the

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. The coalition received 1,853 votes and won four seats. In 2022,

and Liberals of Andorra made an electoral pact against the Lauredian Union. The Lauredian Union did not field any candidates in the 2023 election. The Lauredian Union won every election in Sant Julià de Lòria from 1999 to 2023, with the exception of the 2015 municipal elections. It lost the 2023 municipal elections to Awakening Lauredia and only received 3 of the 12 seats.

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