2019 Aranese Council election

The 2019 Aranese Council Election, was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the General Council of Aran, an administrative entity in the province of Lleida (Spain). All 13 seats in the Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.

2019 Aranese Council election

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All 13 seats in the Conselh Generau d'Aran
7 seats needed for a majority
Registered7,114 2.1%
Turnout5.150 (75.39%)
2.5 pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Francés Boya Carles Barrera
Party UA-PSC-CP CDA-PNA
Leader's seat Quate Lòcs Castièro
Last election 5 seats, 47.16% 7 seats, 42.41%
Seats won 9 4
Seat change 4 3
Popular vote 2,527 1,523
Percentage 49.72% 29.97%
Swing 2.56 pp 12.44 pp

     UA-PSC-CP      CDA-PNA
Constituency results map for the Conselh Generau d'Aran

Síndic d'Aran before election

Carlos Barrera
CDA-PNA

Elected Síndic d'Aran

Francés Boya
UA-PSC-CP

Overview

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Electoral system

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The General Council of Aran is elected every four years on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprises all nationals over eighteen who can vote in the local elections in any of the 9 municipalities that make up Aran. It was officially established after the 1991 elections and is made up of 13 members. According to Law 16/1990, of July 13, on the special regime of the Val d'Aran, it is made up of the Síndic d'Aran, the General Councilors (Occitan: Conselhers Generaus), that work in plenary, and by the Commission of Accounts Auditors (Occitan: Commission d'Auditors de Compdes).[1]

In every election, electors choose the General Councilors, that will later elect the Síndic, who acts as the head of government. Aran is divided in six electoral districts, whose borders coincide with those of the "thirds" (Occitan: Terçon, Catalan: Terçó, Spanish: Tersón), a traditional division of the valley. In every district, members are allocated using the proportional D'Hônt method with closed lists, with an electoral threshold of five percent of the valid votes in every district.[2]

For the 2019 elections, members were distributed in the following way:[2]

  • Pujòlo: 2 members.
  • Arties e Garòs: 2 members.
  • Castièro: 4 members.
  • Marcatosa: 1 member.
  • Lairissa: 1 member.
  • Quate Lòcs: 3 members.

As Catalonia has not developed its own electoral law, Aranese elections are regulated by Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985, which regulates elections nationwide.

Election date

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The date of the elections is set for the same day that local elections are held in Spain, that is, the fourth Sunday of May every 4 years.[3]

Parties and candidates

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The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.[4]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances
Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Gov. Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
CDA-PNA   Carles Barrera Liberalism
Aranese autonomy
Occitan nationalism
42.41% 7  Y
UA-PSC-CP   Francés Boya Social democracy
Aranese autonomism
47.16% 5  N
PRAG   Rafael Hinojosa Localism
Progressivism
Aranese autonomy
2.7% 1  N

Campaign

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Party slogans

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Party or alliance Original slogan English translation Ref.
CDA-PNA « Eth trabalh d'aué ei futur tà deman » "The work of today is future for tomorrow" [5]
UA-PSC-CP « Aran ès tu » "Aran is you"
PRAG
Aran Amassa « Hèm era alternatiua » "Let's make the alternative"
Unidas Podemos « La historia la escribes tú » "You write the History"
Cs

Results

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Overall

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Summary of the 26 May 2019 Conselh Generau d'Aran election results
 
Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
Unity of Aran-Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Candidatura de Progrés (UA-PSC-CP) 2,527 49.72 +2.56 9 +4
Aranese Democratic Convergence-Aranese Nationalist Party (CDA-PNA) 1,523 29.97 –12.44 4 -3
Aran Amassa (Aran Amassa) 552 10.86 New 0 ±0
United We Can (Unidas Podemos) 164 3.23 New 0 ±0
Citizens-Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) 116 2.28 New 0 ±0
Partit Renovador d'Arties e Garòs (PRAG) 97 1.91 +0.89 0 -1
Blank ballots 103 2.03 -1.11
Total 5.082 13 ±0
Valid votes 5.082 98.68 –0.01
Invalid votes 68 1.32 +0.01
Votes cast / turnout 5.150 72.39 +2.53
Abstentions 1.964 27.61 -2.53
Registered voters 7.114
Sources
Popular vote
UA-PSC-CP
49.72%
CDA-PNA
29.97%
Others
18.28%
Blank ballots
2.03%
Seats
UA-PSC-CP
69.23%
CDA-PNA
30.76%

Distribution by constituency

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Constituency UA-PSC-CP CDA-PNA
% S % S
Arties e Garòs 28.9 1 36.6 1
Castièro 53.6 3 24.2 1
Lairissa 49.6 1 44.6
Marcatosa 41.9 1 37.5
Pujòlo 40.8 1 38.6 1
Quate Lòcs 57.2 2 26.8 1
Total 49.7 9 30.0 4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ley 16/1990, de 13 de julio, sobre régimen especial del Valle de Arán (PDF) (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado.
  2. ^ a b Decreto 73/2019, de 26 de marzo, de convocatoria de elecciones al Consejo General de Arán de 2019 (PDF) (in Spanish and Occitan). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
  3. ^ Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña (4 March 2015), Ley 1/2015, de 5 de febrero, del régimen especial de Arán, pp. 20067–20100, retrieved 9 May 2022
  4. ^ Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General. Boletín Oficial del Estado (Organic Law 5) (in Spanish). 19 June 1985. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Eth Trabalh d'Aué ei Futur tà Deman". Convergéncia Aranesa. Facebook. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
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