Politics of Andorra - Political Parties and Elections

Political Parties and Elections

For other political parties see List of political parties in Andorra. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Andorra.
e • d Summary of the 3 April 2011 Andorran General Council election results
Parties and alliances Votes % Seats
Democrats for Andorra (Demòcrates per Andorra)
  • with United for Progress (Units per al Progrés) in Encamp
8,553 55.15 20
Social Democratic Party (Partit Socialdemòcrata)
  • with the Parochial Union of Independents Group (Grup d'Unió Parroquial Independents) in Ordino
  • with other independents in some parishes
5,397 34.80 6
Andorra for Change (Andorra pel Canvi) 1,040 6.71 —
Greens of Andorra (Els Verds d'Andorra) 520 3.35 —
Lauredian Union (Unió Laurediana)* — — 2
Total (turnout 74.12%) 15,510 100.00 28
Invalid votes 164
Blank votes 523
Total votes 16,197
Registered voters 21,852
Numbers of votes and percentages are for the respective national list. Numbers of seats include seats won by the parish lists.
* parish lists only
Source: Government of Andorra.
More info: Andorran parliamentary election, 2011

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