8th General Council
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| 8th General Council | |||||
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | General Council | ||||
| Meeting place | New Parliament of Andorra, Carrer de la Vall, 11, AD500 Andorra la Vella | ||||
| Term | 2 May 2019 – 6 February 2023[1] | ||||
| Election | 2 April 2019 | ||||
| Website | consellgeneral | ||||
| Councillors | |||||
| Members | 28 | ||||
| General Syndic | Roser Suñé Pascuet (DA) | ||||
| Deputy General Syndic | Meritxell Palmitjavila Naudí (DA) | ||||
| Secretary of the Syndic | Silvia Ferrer Ghiringhelli (L'A) | ||||
| Secretary of the Syndic | Susanna Vela Palomares (PS) | ||||
The 8th General Council was a meeting of the General Council, the unicameral parliament of Andorra, with the membership determined by the results of the parliamentary election held on 7 April 2019. The General Council met for the first time on 2 May 2019. According to the Constitution of Andorra the maximum legislative term of the congress is 4 years from the preceding election.
The 2019 Andorran parliamentary election under the 1993 Constitution was held on 7 April 2019. It saw the Democrats for Andorra (DA) remaining the largest party in the General Council, but falling short of a majority.
| Alliance | Votes (PR) | % | Seats | +/− | |
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| DA | 6,248 | 35.13 | 11 | -4 | |
| PS | 5,445 | 30.62 | 7 | ±0 | |
| L'A | 2,219 | 12.48 | 4 | ±0 | |
| TV–UL | 1,853 | 10.42 | 4 | +3 | |
| Others | 2,018 | 11.35 | 0 | -2 | |
| CC | [a] | [a] | 2 | +2 | |
| Total | 19,172 | 100.00 | 28 | ±0 | |
History
The new Consell met for the first time on 2 May 2019, with Roser Suñé and Meritxell Palmitjavila (DA) being elected General Syndic and Deputy General Syndic of the General Council with the support of Committed Citizens and the Liberals on a single round.[2]
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Government
| Investiture 14 May 2023 | |||
| Candidate | Votes | ||
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16 / 28 | ||
7 / 28 | |||
Abstentions
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4 / 28 | ||
| Sources[4] | |||
Parliamentary groups
| Group | Members | Chairperson(s) | |||
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| At election 7 April 2019 |
At dissolution | ||||
| Democratic | 11 / 28 |
11 / 28 |
Carles Enseñat Reig | 2 May 2019 – present | |
| Social-democratic | 7 / 28 |
7 / 28 |
Pere López Agràs | 2 May 2019 – present | |
| Liberal (before 25 June 2022)[5] | 4 / 28 |
4 / 28 |
Ferran Costa Marimon | 2 May 2019 – present | |
| Independent (after 25 June 2022)[5] | |||||
| Third Way + Lauredian Union + Independents | 4 / 28 |
3 / 28 |
Josep Pintat Forné | 2 May 2019 – present | |
| Committed Citizens | 3 / 28 |
3 / 28 |
Carles Naudi d'Areny-Plandolit Balsells | 2 May 2019 – present | |
| Non-attached | 0 / 28 |
1 / 28 |
Carine Montaner Raynaud | 9 March 2021 – present | |