2011 Andorran parliamentary election

none December 2019 Andorra 2009 2011 04 03 y 2015 All 28 seats in the General Council Democrats for Andorra Antoni Martí 9 20 55.15 Social Democratic Party (Andorra) Jaume Bartumeu 14 6 34.80 Lauredian Union Montserrat Gil i Roser 2 2 9.01 2011AndorranElection.svg Results by Parish Prime Minister Jaume Bartumeu Social Democratic Party (Andorra) Antoni Martí Democrats for Andorra Early parliamentary elections were held in Andorra on 3 April 2011 after the General Council of Andorra was dissolved over problems in passing important laws, including the budget and laws related to a value added tax.http://www.el-nacional.com/www/site/p_contenido.php?q=nodo/185272/Mundo/Jefe-del-gobierno-de-Andorra-disuelve-parlamento-y-adelanta-elecciones Jefe del gobierno de Andorra disuelve parlamento y adelanta elecciones | Mundo El Nacional.com 15 February 2011 6 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110217123803/http://www.el-nacional.com/www/site/p_contenido.php?q=nodo%2F185272%2FMundo%2FJefe-del-gobierno-de-Andorra-disuelve-parlamento-y-adelanta-elecciones 17 February 2011 dead dmy-all The Democrats for Andorra won an absolute majority of seats making Antoni Martí the prime minister-designate. Background The two co-princes of Andorra – the President of France and the Bishop of Urgell – do not get involved in internal politics, particularly after the May 1993 constitution making the principality an independent state. Fall of government A crisis in government developed after banking secrecy laws were lifted and a value added tax was due to be applied to companies, along with an opening up to foreign investment. After the 2009 election, the Social Democratic Party achieved a plurality of seats but fell one seat short of an overall majority, thus providing for more deadlock during key pieces of legislation. The government fell two years before its full four-year term was due to end after failing to pass the budget with an absolute majority. Jaume Bartumeu effectively called for an election by requesting that the country's co-princes dissolve parliament.April 2011 Electoral system Twenty-eight "general councillors" were elected, based on closed party lists:Art. 42.2, Law 28/2007. fourteen general councillors representing the seven parishes (two councillors per parish), elected from the list with most votes in each parish;Art. 57, Law 28/2007. fourteen general councillors elected from national lists using the largest remainder method of proportional representation.Art. 58, Law 28/2007. 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.Arts. 19, 51 & 52, Law 28/2007. Campaign Five parties contested the election: The governing Social Democrats (PS), the newly formed opposition Democrats for Andorra (DA), the third place Andorra for Change (ApC), the Greens and the local conservative Lauredian Union (LU) party. Out of these only the PS, DA and LU contested the parish seats. The PS contested all parishes, while DA contested all but Sant Julià de Lòria, which was contested by Lauredian Union. ApC announced they would support DA candidates on a parish level.http://www.andorrapelcanvi.ad/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=654:apc-es-decideix-a-presentar-llista-nacional-i-dona-suport-a-les-territorials-de-da&catid=37:noticies&Itemid=66 ApC es decideix a presentar llista nacional i dóna suport a les territorials de DA Andorrapelcanvi.ad 6 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110706062201/http://www.andorrapelcanvi.ad/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=654:apc-es-decideix-a-presentar-llista-nacional-i-dona-suport-a-les-territorials-de-da&catid=37:noticies&Itemid=66 6 July 2011 dead dmy-all The Liberal Party of Andorra, which finished in second place with 11 seats in the prior elections, did not contest. Incumbent Prime Minister Jaume Bartumeu and his main challenger Antoni Martí wanted to change the protectionism previously prevalent in the national economy. They sought to attract foreign capital primarily in the technology sector to diversify from a current economy based on trade (33%), tourism (33%) and banking (17%). Due to the 2008 financial crisis and its effect on Spain, which accounts for 80% of Andorran trade, (the other 20% with France) the economy was in a "severe crisis." Since 2008, 4,000 people in the country of 84,525http://www.electionguide.org/election.php?ID=1807 IFES Election Guide - Election Profile for Andorra Electionguide.org 6 April 2011 (almost 5% of the total population) lost their jobs, including seasonal employment. Bartumeu had released the listing of Andorra's tax haven status with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. He also enacted a law to lift bank secrecy. He accuses right-winged parties of not forgiving him for a "move towards transparency and fiscal reforms." Martí said that: "We develop our tax system to be within the European standards, Andorrans do not want to pay taxes, but they understand the need to change the system. We will keep an attractive tax regime and will continue to offer attractive products." Still there was some "broad consensus on economic and tax issues" between the two main parties; though the main difference was the creation of an income tax. Bartumeu sought to tax incomes of more than 40,000 euros, even though the minimum wage is 39,600. Marti opposed the entire proposal. Eusebi Nomen of Andorra for Change also denounced the proposed increased tax burden and accused the government of selling "national sovereignty." The Greens of Andorra's Isabel Lozano said that economic development must be more environmentally friendly.http://www.pisqa.com/04/andorra-tax-foreign-investment-heart-early-parliamentary/ Andorra: Tax, foreign investment in the heart of early parliamentary Pisqa.com 6 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120311015854/http://www.pisqa.com/04/andorra-tax-foreign-investment-heart-early-parliamentary/ 11 March 2012 dead Results The Democrats for Andorra won a landslide victory, taking every parish in which they stood and winning the national vote, giving them 20 out of the 28 General Council's seats, the biggest victory in the country's history.Toni Martí obté una victòria aclaparadora amb 21 escons http://www.diariandorra.ad/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=11433&Itemid=380 3 April 2011 Diari d'Andorra 3 April 2011 Catalan https://web.archive.org/web/20110406083950/http://www.diariandorra.ad/index.php?option=com_k2&id=11433&view=item&Itemid=380 6 April 2011 dead dmy-all The Social Democrats lost all their parish seats and held only their six national seats, while Lauredian Union returned to the General Council, winning the parish of Sant Julià de Lòria. Andorra for Change lost all their seats, and the Greens finished last, gaining no seats.Source for figures is Carr, Adam Legislative elections of 3 April 2011 http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/andorra/andorra2011.txt 6 April 2011 6 April 2011http://www.eleccions.ad/EG_2011/index.htm Govern d'Andorra - Eleccions Eleccions.ad 6 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110625185250/http://www.eleccions.ad/EG_2011/index.htm 25 June 2011 dead dmy-all Voter turnout was 74.14%.https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/ruling-party-defeated-in-andorra/news-story/562dc5f3d5db985fdaa83c0e4dea162e Ruling party defeated in Andorra The Australian 4 April 2011 subscription 6 April 2011 Of the 28 members elected, 14 were women, making 50% of the parliament legislators women (up from 32%).ANDORRA - ELECTIONS IN 2011 http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2005_11.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20190825035614/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2005_11.htm 25 August 2019 Women in Parliament: 20 years in review http://archive.ipu.org/pdf/publications/wip20y-en.pdf live Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) https://web.archive.org/web/20171016000655/http://archive.ipu.org/pdf/publications/WIP20Y-en.pdf 16 October 2017 This made Andorra the first European country to reach gender parity in parliament. PR Constituency Democrats for AndorraRan with United for Progress in Encamp 8553 2 8 7723 12 20 Lauredian Union – 1349 2 2 Social Democratic PartyRan with Parochial Union of Independents Group in Ordino 5397 6 5901 0 6 Andorra for Change 1040 0 0 Greens of Andorra 520 0 0 687 1212 21852 21852 Andorra Elections Parish lists Canillo Democrats for Andorra 421 2 0 Social Democratic Party and independents 175 0 0 0 51 794 Andorra Elections Encamp Democrats for Andorra and United for Progress 1324 2 0 Social Democratic Party and independents 766 0 0 0 151 3004 Andorra Elections Ordino Democrats for Andorra 560 2 +2 Social Democratic Party–GUPI 479 0 –2 0 88 1379 Andorra Elections La Massana Democrats for Andorra 1112 2 +2 Social Democratic Party and independents 585 0 –2 0 133 2311 Andorra Elections Andorra la Vella Democrats for Andorra 2219 2 +2 Social Democratic Party and independents 1957 0 –2 0 340 6604 Andorra Elections Sant Julià de Lòria Lauredian Union 1349 2 0 Social Democratic Party and independents 835 0 0 0 226 3173 Andorra Elections Escaldes-Engordany Democrats for Andorra 2087 2 +2 Social Democratic Party and independents 1104 0 –2 0 223 4587 Andorra Elections References External links Election Guide - Andorra Category:Parliamentary elections in Andorra Andorra Category:General Council (Andorra) Category:2011 in Andorra Category:April 2011 in Europe