2009 Andorran parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in
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Issues
The main issue in the elections is the possible changes required to Andorra's economic model to facilitate its international relations.[1][4][5]
On 11 March 2009, three weeks before the
The negotiation of tax treaties is complicated by the present tax structure of Andorra. The state is funded mostly by
A third issue is the relationship Andorra should have with the European Economic Area (EEA): at present, Andorra has a limited set of bilateral agreements with the European Union in the fields of economic, social, and cultural cooperation, signed in June 2004.[9] The Social Democratic Party favours expanding these into a fully fledged association agreement;[8] the Liberal Party is more reticent, but has promised to cooperate in any discussions.
Electoral system
Twenty-eight "general councillors" were elected on 26 April 2009, based on party lists (closed list system[10]):
- two general councillors from each of the seven parishes, elected from the list with most votes in each parish;[11]
- fourteen general councillors elected from national lists using the largest remainder method of proportional representation.[12]
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).[13]
Party lists
Name of national list | First candidate on national list | Parish lists | 2005 result | ||
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% | Seats | ||||
Reformist Coalition (Coalició Reformista)
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Joan Gabriel | 7 | 41.2% (11.0%) |
14 (2) | |
Social Democratic Party (Partit Socialdemòcrata)
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Jaume Bartumeu | 7 | 38.0% | 11 | |
Andorra for Change (Andorra pel Canvi)
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Juan Eusebio Nomen Calvet | 5 | (6.2%) | (1) | |
National Union of Progress (Unió Nacional de Progrés) | Tomas Pascual Casabosch | 0 | — | — | |
Greens of Andorra (Els Verds d'Andorra) | Isabel Lozano Muñoz | 3 | 3.5% | 0 |
Results
Party | PR | Constituency | Total seats | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
Reformist Coalition[b] | 4,747 | 32.34 | 5 | 4,662 | 32.27 | 6 | 11 | |
Andorra for Change[c] | 2,768 | 18.86 | 3 | 2,508 | 17.36 | 0 | 3 | |
Greens of Andorra | 466 | 3.17 | 0 | 461 | 3.19 | 0 | 0 | |
National Union of Progress | 88 | 0.60 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Independents of Ordino | 359 | 2.48 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 14,679 | 100.00 | 14 | 14,447 | 100.00 | 14 | 28 | |
Valid votes | 14,679 | 95.99 | 14,447 | 94.55 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 614 | 4.01 | 833 | 5.45 | ||||
Total votes | 15,293 | 100.00 | 15,280 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 20,298 | 75.34 | 20,298 | 75.28 | ||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU, Eleccions.ad |
- ^ Ran with Parochial Union of Independents Group in Ordino
- ^ Ran with Lauredian Union in Sant Julià de Lòria.
- ^ Ran with United for Progress in Encamp, Century 21 in Sant Julià de Lòria and Democratic Renewal in Escaldes- Engordand
References
- ^ a b c Martínez, Montse (25 April 2009), "Andorra va a las urnas preocupada por el fin del secreto bancario", El Periódico de Catalunya, archived from the original on 8 December 2012, retrieved 25 April 2009 . (in Spanish)
- ^ Source: Government of Andorra.
- ^ Rodríguez, Marc (26 April 2009), "El 26,11% dels electors ja han dipositat el seu vot a la Batllia", El Periòdic d'Andorra, archived from the original on 2009-05-01. (in Catalan)
- ^ Martínez, Montse (26 April 2009), "Andorra vota con pocas opciones de mayorías", El Periódico de Catalunya. (in Spanish)
- ^ Poy, Ricard (26 April 2009), "Comicis en clau econòmica", Diari d'Andorra [dead link] (in Catalan)
- ^ "Andorra firma una declaración para levantar el secreto bancario", El Periódico de Catalunya, 12 March 2009. (in Spanish)
- ^ Sala, Augustí (17 March 2009), "Andorra tiene casi ultimado el acuerdo bancario con España", El Periódico de Catalunya. (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Sala, Augustí (23 March 2009), "La presión externa lleva a Andorra a reformar su modelo económico", El Periódico de Catalunya. (in Spanish)
- ^ Background Note: Andorra, U.S. Department of State, May 2008
- ^ Art. 42.2, Law 28/2007.
- ^ Art. 57, Law 28/2007.
- ^ Art. 58, Law 28/2007.
- ^ Arts. 19, 51 & 52, Law 28/2007.
- "Law 28/2007": Llei 28/2007, del 22 de novembre, qualificada de modificació de la Llei qualificada del règim electoral i del referèndum. Archived 2009-05-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Catalan)
External links
- Official site on the 2009 parliamentary elections from the Government of Andorra (in Catalan)
- El Periòdic d'Andorra Archived 2009-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, daily newspaper (in Catalan)
- Diari d'Andorra, daily newspaper (in Catalan)