At stake in this election:

• 28 seats in the General Council of the Valleys (Consell General de las Valls)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: French and Spanish Co-Princes Nicolas SARKOZY and Bishop Joan Enric VIVES i SICILIA *
• Head of Government: Executive Council President Jaume BARTUMEU Cassany
• Assembly: Andorra has a unicameral General Council of the Valleys (Consell General de las Valls) with 28 seats.

* French Coprince Nicolas SARKOZY is represented by Christian FREMONT (since 2008). Spanish Coprince Bishop Joan Enric VIVES i SICILIA is represented by Nemesi MARQUES i OSTE (since 2003). The Executive Council President is then formally appointed by the coprinces.

Description of electoral system:

• The French and Spanish Co-Princes is ex officio N/A.
• The Executive Council President is appointed by hereditary state rulers to serve a 4-year term.
• In the General Council of the Valleys (Consell General de las Valls), 14 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms and 14 members are elected by absolute majority vote to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Members in the nominal tier are elected from seven 2-seat districts. In the proportionate tier members compete in one nation wide constituency.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Social Democrats / Partit Socialdemòcrata (PS)
  • Leader: Jaume BARTUMEU
  • Seats won in last election: 6
• Party: Democrats for Andorra / Demòcrates per Andorra (DA)
  • Leader: Antoni MARTI
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Andorra for Change / Andorra Pel Canvi (ApC)
  • Leader: Eusebi NOMEN
  • Seats won in last election: 3
• Party: Greens / Els Verds d'Andorra
  • Leader: Isabel Lozano MUNOZ
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Lauredian Union / Unió Laurediana
  • Seats won in last election: 0

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 84,525 (July 2010 est.)
• Registered Voters: 21,852 (March 2011 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 

·         Is Andorra a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Andorra ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (15 January 1997)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 14 (50%) (2011)

·         Human Development Index Position: 34 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Andorra a signatory to CRPD: Yes (27 April 2007)

·         Has Andorra ratified CRPD: Yes (11 March 2014)

·         Population with a disability: 18,747 (est.)