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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 (2019-05-02) – 6 February 2023 (2023-02-06)
Election	2 April 2019
Website	consellgeneral.ad
Councillors
7241141
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.

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.

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.

Syndics Candidates Votes Y Roser Suñé Pascuet Y Meritxell Palmitjavilla Naudí DA 17 N Rosa Gili Casals N Judith Salazar Álvarez PS 7 Blank ballots 4 Invalid ballots 0 Absentees 0 Total 28

Secretaries Candidates Votes Y Ferran Costa Marimon L'A 17 Y Susanna Vela Palomares PS 7 Blank ballots 4 Invalid ballots 0 Absentees 0 Total 28

Government

Investiture 14 May 2023
Candidate		Votes
	Y Xavier Espot Zamora (DA) • Democrats for Andorra (11) • Liberals of Andorra (4) • Committed Citizens (2)	16 / 28
	Pere López Agràs (PS) • Social Democratic Party (7)	7 / 28
	Abstentions • Third Way–Lauredian Union (4)	4 / 28
Sources

Parliamentary groups

Members

Notes

1. ^ CC only ran on the parish constituency of La Massana.
2. ^ Liberal until 25 June 2022.
3. Member until 7 November 2019.
4. Member since 7 November 2019.
5. Third Way until 9 March 2021.

References

1. "Dissolució anticipada del Consell General i es fixa la data de celebració de les eleccions" [Early dissolution of the General Council and the date of the elections is set]. General Council of Andorra (in Catalan). 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
2. "Roser Suñé es converteix en la primera síndica de la història d'Andorra" [Roser Suñé becomes the first Syndic in the history of Andorra]. RTVA (in Catalan). 2 May 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
3. ^ "Diari Oficial del Consell General 6-2019 del dia 2 de maig del 2019" [Official Journal of the General Council 6-2019 of 2 May 2019]. General Council of Andorra (in Catalan). 2 May 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
4. "Diari Oficial del Consell General 7-2019 del dia 14 de maig del 2019" [Official Journal of the General Council 7-2019 of 14 May 2019]. General Council of Andorra (in Catalan). 14 May 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
5. ^ "El grup parlamentari liberal canviarà el nom i es dirà Independent" [The Liberal parliamentary group will change its name to Independent]. RTVA (in Catalan). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
6. ^ "Carles Sánchez Rodríguez". General Council (in Catalan). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
7. "Carine Montaner Raynaud". General Council (in Catalan). Retrieved 6 April 2023.

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