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Electoral system

Parties and alliances

National constituency
Parish constituencies

Campaign

Party slogans

Opinion polls

Conduct

Results

Results by parishes
Summary
Andorra la Vella
Canillo
Escaldes–Engordany
Encamp
La Massana
Ordino
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2023 Andorran parliamentary electionAndorra
← 2019 2 April 2023 2027 →
All 28 seats in the General Council
15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 66.95% (Decrease 1.39%)[1]
Party Leader % Seats +/–
DA+CC Xavier Espot Zamora 32.66 16 +3
Concord Cerni Escalé Cabré 21.43 5 New
PS+SDP Pere López i Agràs 21.05 3 -4
Endavant Carine Montaner 16.00 3 New
Acció Judith Pallarés i Cortés 4.20 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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In the parliamentary elections in Andorra on 2 April 2023,[2] the incumbent

liberal-conservative coalition between Democrats for Andorra (DA) and Committed
Citizens (CC) won an absolute majority led by Prime Minister Xavier Espot. This is
the fourth legislature in a row in which DA governs the country. A new party,
Concord, emerged in second place, taking the opposition leadership held by the
Social Democratic Party since 2019, which fell to third place by losing four seats.
Background

Three parties eventually formed a governing coalition after the 2019 Andorran
parliamentary election, composed of the Democrats, the Liberal Party and Committed
Citizens with Xavier Espot as Prime Minister.[3]

On 14 June 2022, the minister of social affairs Judit Pallarés left the Liberal
Party. However the party assured that this internal crisis would not jeopardize the
stability of the coalition.[4] Prime Minister Espot announced, the following day,
that he had no intention of advancing the parliamentary elections.[5] Prime
Minister Espot ordinarily dissolved the Consell General by decree on 6 February
2023. Campaigning started on 19 March at 3:00 pm. 1 April was the day of election
silence and 2 April was the day of the election.[6]
Electoral system

Twenty-eight general councillors (Catalan: consellers generals) are elected, based

on closed party lists:[7][8]

Fourteen general councillors representing the seven parishes (two councillors

per parish) are elected from the list with most votes in each parish.[9]
Fourteen general councillors are elected from national lists using the largest
remainder method of proportional representation.[10]

The parish lists and the national list are independent of one another: the same
person cannot appear on both the national list and on a parish list, and voters
cast two separate ballots. There is no requirement to vote for the same party for
both lists.[11]

The 1993 Constitution limits the number of full terms served by a prime minister to
two.[12]
Parties and alliances

The deadline for submitting candidacies ended on 13 February, so a total of six

candidacies were defined, one less than in the 2019 parliamentary elections.[13]
[14]

Three new political parties were presented:

Concord: was constituted on 24 November 2022 and elected Cerni Escaldé as the
national candidate.[15]
Andorra Forward: was formalized in November 2021 by Carine Montaner, a deputy
who left the Third Way party in March that year but kept her seat.[16][17]
Action for Andorra: was founded by the minister of social affairs, Judith
Pallarés and formalized as a party in October 2022.[18] On 14 June of that year,
Pallarés and four other deputies left the Liberals of Andorra party, alleging loss
of comfort with the new more conservative postulates represented by the new party
leader Josep Maria Cabanes.[4]

The extraordinary congress of the Democrats for Andorra (DA) held on 15 November
2022 elected Xavier Espot to stand for re-election as Prime Minister.[19]

On 1 February 2023, the Social Democratic Party (PS) and the Social Democracy and
Progress (SDP) presented their coalition "social-democratic alliance" to run
together in the elections, since "the moment calls for it". They confirmed that the
PS leader, Pere López, would be the leader of the candidacy.[20]

Political coalition Third Way and Lauredian Union (UL), who had two seats on the
General Council, announced on 12 February 2023, that they would not run in the
elections "based on the coherence and integrity of our political positions".[21]

Liberals of Andorra presented its candidacies on 12 February 2023 with its leader
Josep Maria Cabanes as candidate for prime minister.[22]
National constituency

The candidacies presented in the national constituency, in which 14 councilors are

elected by proportional representation, are:[23]
List Parties Ideology[24] List leader 2019 result[25]
PR votes Const. votes Seats
DA+CC Democrats for Andorra Liberal conservatism
Euroscepticism Xavier Espot Zamora 35.13% 34.86%
11 / 28
Committed Citizens Social liberalism
Localism
Euroscepticism DNP 6.68%
2 / 28
PS+SDP Social Democratic Party Social democracy
Pro-Europeanism Pere López i Agràs 30.62%
7 / 28
Social Democracy and Progress Social democracy
Pro-Europeanism 5.87%
0 / 28
Liberals of Andorra Conservative liberalism
Pro-Europeanism Josep Maria Cabanes 12.48% 38.05%
4 / 28
Concord Progressivism
Environmentalism Cerni Escalé Cabré New
Andorra Forward Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism Carine Montaner Raynaud New
Action for Andorra Social liberalism
Progressivism
Pro-Europeanism Judith Pallarés i Cortés New
Parish constituencies

The parties or coalitions that are presented in the seven parish constituencies, in
which the two candidates from the list with the most votes in each parish are
elected, are:
Candidacy Candidates[26]
Canillo Encamp Ordino la Massana Andorra la Vella St. Julià de Lòria
les Escaldes
Committed Citizens Carles Naudi
David Montané
Democrats for Andorra Guillem Casal
Jordi Jordana Jordi Torres
Maria Martisella Berna Coma
Alexandra Codina Conxita Marsol
Alain Cabanes Helena Mas
Eva París Trini Marín
Marc Magallón[a]
Liberals of Andorra
Action for Andorra Josep Fusté
Rebeca Roger Trini Marín
Marc Magallón[b]
PS+SDP Marta Pujol
Susagna Venable[c] Joan Miquel Armengol
Pere Mas Miquel Moliné
Francesc Lizama Joaquim Miró
Marian Sanchiz Gerard Alís
Josep Roig David Pérez
Elisabet Zoppetti
Concord Martí Alay
Miquel Clua Pol Bartolomé
Maria Àngela Aché Ramon Tena
Lara de Miguel
Andorra Forward Jordina Bringué
Eva Font Elisa Muxella
Dídac Tomàs Bianca Martínez
Marc Ferreiro
Campaign

Prime Minister Xavier Espot dissolved the Consell General by decree on 6 February
2023, marking the start of campaigning on 19 March at 3:00 pm, 1 April as the day
of election silence and 2 April as the election day.[6]

Between 17 and 18 February, a delegation from the OSCE's Office for Democratic
Institutions and Human Rights visited the country to assess the electoral process,
issuing a report in which they expressed confidence in the Andorran electoral
process and the election administration, so that an election observation was not
necessary for 2 April.[27]

Two days before the beginning of the electoral campaign, Democrats for Andorra
presented their electoral program, an act that was criticized by PS+SDP as
irregular.[28]

The campaign began on 19 March with the traditional pasting of electoral posters.
The Liberals of Andorra were the only party that did not start it in Andorra la
Vella; they started in Sant Julià de Lòria instead.[29]

The real estate boom, the association agreement with the European Union and the
loss of purchasing power due to inflation were the key issues of the campaign.[30]

On 29 March, anonymous pamphlets were disseminated, both on paper and digitally,

accusing Espot and his family of benefiting from the Andorran government's
intervention in Banca Privada d'Andorra in 2015, a bank accused by the United
States Department of the Treasury of money laundering. The pamphlets also accused
Democrats for Andorra of wanting to destroy the natural heritage with real estate
speculation, denounced Attorney General Alfonso Alberca and his position on
abortion, among others. Espot, the following day, released a video in which he
denied these accusations, announced that from 3 April he would take legal actions
for slander and defended the "honorability" of the country.[31][32]

The debates between the national candidates took place on 20 March, organized by
the Andorran Business Confederation (CEA); on 21 March, organized by Spanish Cadena
SER and between Xavier Espot and opposition leader Pere López; and on 30 March,
organized by Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra.[33][34][35][36]
Party slogans
Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Ref.
DA+CC Confiança Trust [37]
L'A #Cabanes2023
Primer, Andorra #Cabanes2023
First, Andorra [38]
Acció La clau de futur.
Passa a l'ACCIÓ. Vota'ns! The key to the future.
Go to ACTION. Vote for us! [39]
PS+SDP El canvi de la majoria The change of the majority [40]
Concord Batega x Andorra Beat for Andorra [41]
Andorra Forward El coratge del canvi The courage of change [42]
Opinion polls
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size DA CC PS SDP L'A TV– UL Endavant Concord Acció
Others Lead

ARI 21 Feb – 9 Mar 2023 810 41.9 23.4 6.0 DNP 14.9 11.3 2.4 —
18.5
2019 election 7 Apr 2019 – 35.13 Const. 30.62 5.87 12.48
10.42 Did not exist 5.48 4.51
Conduct

The eight electoral colleges were installed in the headquarters of the parishes,
one for each parish added to the own polling station in the village of El Pas de la
Casa. Election day began at 9:00 am without any incident and 29,958 people were
called to vote, 9,010 of whom had already done so with a judicial vote (early
voting that is done at the headquarters of the Andorran judiciary). Polls closed at
7:00 pm.[43]
Results

On the evening of 2 April, the Andorran government announced the results: the
ruling coalition of Democrats for Andorra (DA) and Committed Citizens (CC) won the
elections with 16 seats, gaining 3 more seats and the absolute majority of Consell
General's seats. It was followed by the new Concord party, which won 5 seats. The
third place was won by the progressive coalition formed by the Social Democratic
Party (PS) and Social Democracy and Progress (SDP), which lost 4 seats, remaining
with 3. In last positions, the new parties Andorra Forward, which won 3 seats, and
Action for Andorra (Acció), which won one. At a press conference, Xavier Espot,
accompanied by the Minister of Finance and acting government spokesman Cesar
Marquina, proclaimed these results.[44] Liberals of Andorra was left without
parliamentary representation, losing the 4 seats it had.[45]

The turnout was 66.95%, 1.3% less than that recorded in the 2019 elections, despite
being higher than in previous years.[44][46] Early voting rose to 30%, the highest
figure ever recorded.[46]
Andorre Conseil général 2023.svg
Party or alliance PR Constituency Total
seats +/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Government alliance Democrats for Andorra [DA] 6,262 32.66 4
7,835 43.63 10 14 +3
Committed Citizens [CC] 1 1 2 –
Liberals of Andorra [L'A] 893 4.66 0 0 0 –4
Action for Andorra [Acció] 805 4.20 0 1 1 New
Concord [C] 4,109 21.43 3 3,516 19.58 2 5 New
Center-left alliance Social Democratic Party [PS] 4,036 21.05 3
5,238 29.17 0 3 –4
Social Democracy and Progress [SDP] 0 0 0 –
Andorra Forward [AE] 3,067 16.00 3 1,370 7.63 0 3 New
Total 19,172 100.00 14 17,959 100.00 14 28 0
Valid votes 19,172 95.62 17,959 89.60
Invalid votes 341 1.70 557 2.78
Blank votes 537 2.68 1,527 7.62
Total votes 20,050 100.00 20,043 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 29,958 66.93 29,958 66.90
Source: Eleccions.ad, Lists
Results by parishes
Summary
Parish Logo Ciutadans Compromesos.svg Demòcrates per Andorra logo.svg
Logo of the Action for Andorra.svg Logo of the Concord (political party).svg
Partit Socialdemòcrata Andorra icona.png AE Part.
Canillo 100 71,97
Encamp 53,07 46,93 64,52
Ordino 43,40 39,17 17,43 76,24
La Massana 47,72 24,73 27,55 71,40
Andorra la Vella 32,77 23,13 29,56 14,54 62,10
Sant Julià de Lòria 26,83 40,06 19,07 14,04
67,56
Escaldes-Engordany 40,42 33,69 25,90 68,59
Source: Eleccions d'Andorra
Andorra la Vella
Party Votes %
DA–Liberals of Andorra 1,665 32.77
PS–SDP 1,502 29.56
Concord 1,175 23.13
Andorra Forward 739 14.54
Total 5,081 100.00
Valid votes 5,081 94.18
Invalid votes 89 1.65
Blank votes 225 4.17
Total votes 5,395 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 8,693 62.06
Source: Eleccions.ad
Canillo
Party Votes %
DA–Liberals of Andorra 530 100.00
Total 530 100.00
Valid votes 530 61.41
Invalid votes 46 5.33
Blank votes 287 33.26
Total votes 863 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 1,199 71.98
Source: Eleccions.ad
Escaldes–Engordany
Party Votes %
DA–Liberals of Andorra 1,453 40.42
Concord 1,211 33.69
PS–SDP 931 25.90
Total 3,595 100.00
Valid votes 3,595 89.38
Invalid votes 134 3.33
Blank votes 293 7.28
Total votes 4,022 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 5,863 68.60
Source: Eleccions.ad
Encamp
Party Votes %
DA–Liberals of Andorra 1,304 53.07
PS–SDP 1,153 46.93
Total 2,457 100.00
Valid votes 2,457 87.72
Invalid votes 106 3.78
Blank votes 238 8.50
Total votes 2,801 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 4,341 64.52
Source: Eleccions.ad
La Massana
Party Votes %
Committed Citizens-DA 1,015 47.72
PS–SDP 586 27.55
Action for Andorra 526 24.73
Total 2,127 100.00
Valid votes 2,127 85.52
Invalid votes 92 3.70
Blank votes 268 10.78
Total votes 2,487 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 3,483 71.40
Source: Eleccions.ad
Ordino
Party Votes %
Action for Andorra 585 43.40
PS–SDP 528 39.17
Andorra Forward 235 17.43
Total 1,348 100.00
Valid votes 1,348 92.90
Invalid votes 24 1.65
Blank votes 79 5.44
Total votes 1,451 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 1,903 76.25
Source: Eleccions.ad
Sant Julià de Lòria
Party Votes %
Concord 1,130 40.06
DA–Liberals of Andorra 757 26.83
PS–SDP 538 19.07
Andorra Forward 396 14.04
Total 2,821 100.00
Valid votes 2,821 93.29
Invalid votes 66 2.18
Blank votes 137 4.53
Total votes 3,024 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 4,476 67.56
Source: Eleccions.ad
Reactions

After winning the elections, Prime Minister Xavier Espot assured the citizens that
"we will not fail you and during these 4 years; I will work tirelessly to be worthy
of this trust and to bring Andorra to a good place". He also congratulated the two
new political forces that obtained a good result, Concord and Andorra Forward, to
whom he offered to work together to "work for the benefit of the citizens".[47]

The leader of Concord, Cerni Escalé, announced that they would carry out a
"constructive opposition, but courageous and close to the citizens", and expressed
his satisfaction with the result obtained, a better result than the polls
predicted.[48]

The leader of the PS–SDP coalition, Pere López, acknowledged the poor results and
announced that it is necessary to open a process of reflection within the formation
and that, at that time, he did not intend to make a decision on his leadership at
the head of the PS.[49] On 5 April, López announced that he was stepping down from
his seat and the party presidency at the party congress on 20 May.[50]

Carine Montaner, the Andorra Forward candidate, was positive about the result that
brought the party to fourth place, and stated that the party will now dedicate
itself to "doing the work of counterpower, which is fundamental to fighting
corruption and the cronyism that has predominated these past legislatures".[51]
Montaner also stated that the numbers did not "add up", insinuating her suspicion
that there was electoral fraud, which was criticized by Xavier Espot.[52][53]

Judith Pallarés, national candidate for Action for Andorra, admitted that she was
"a bit sad" about the result obtained and, despite wanting to make a positive
reading, expressed the need to reflect internally.[54]
Notes

In coalition with Action for Andorra

In coalition with DA

In coalition with Agrupament Encampadà

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