Description of Electoral System:

(Courtesy of IFES election guide)

The monarchies are hereditary. In the General Council of the Valleys (Consell General de las Valls), 14 members are elected by simple majority to serve 4-year terms and 14 members are elected by proportional representation to serve 4-year terms. Members are elected by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms. 14 members are elected by simple majority vote in multi-member constituencies and the remaining 14 members are elected by a system of proportional representation from a single nationwide constituency.

Electoral Systems Snapshot

(Courtesy of International IDEA)

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Politics of Andorra

(Courtesy of Wikipedia)

Politics of Andorra takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic country, whereby the Prime Minister of Andorra is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.

Until very recently, Andorra's political system had no clear division of powers into executive, legislative, and judicial branches. A constitution was ratified and approved in 1993. The constitution establishes Andorra as a sovereign parliamentary democracy that retains as its heads of state a co-principality (or duumvirate), but the head of government retains executive power. The two co-princes serve coequally with limited powers that do not include a veto over government acts. They are represented in Andorra by a delegate.

The fundamental impetus for this political transformation was a recommendation by the Council of Europe in 1990 that, if Andorra wished to attain full integration in the European Union (EU), it should adopt a modern constitution which guarantees the rights of those living and working there. A Tripartite Commission--made up of representatives of the co-princes, the General Council, and the Executive Council--was formed in 1990 and finalized the draft constitution in April 1991, making the new Constitution of Andorra a fact.