2023 Aranese Council election

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).{{Cite book |url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/pdf/1990/BOE-A-1990-19959-consolidado.pdf |title=Ley 16/1990, de 13 de julio, sobre régimen especial del Valle de Arán. |publisher=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es}}

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.{{Cite book |url=http://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/cs/jec/documentos/CONSEJO%20VALLE%20AR%C3%81N_2019_Convocatoria.pdf |title=Decreto 73/2019, de 26 de marzo, de convocatoria de elecciones al Consejo General de Arán de 2019. |publisher=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |language=es, oc}} The electoral system results in a higher effective threshold depending on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.{{cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Michael |date=30 July 2012 |title=Effective threshold in electoral systems |url=http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730092518/http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/michael_gallagher/ElSystems/Docts/effthresh.php |archive-date=2017-07-30 |access-date=22 July 2017 |publisher=Trinity College, Dublin}}

On the 2019 election, members were distributed in the following way:

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.

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.{{Citation |last=Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña |title=Ley 1/2015, de 5 de febrero, del régimen especial de Arán |date=4 March 2015 |url=https://www.boe.es/eli/es-ct/l/2015/02/05/1 |issue=Ley 1/2015 |pages=20067–20100 |access-date=9 May 2022}}

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.{{cite act|type=Organic Law|number=5|date=19 June 1985|title=Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672&tn=1&p=20110716|language=es|work=Boletín Oficial del Estado|access-date=28 December 2016}}

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

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{{bar percent|UA–PSC|{{party color|Unity of Aran}}|49.05}}

{{bar percent|CDA–PNA|{{party color|Aranese Democratic Convergence}}|34.99}}

{{bar percent|AA–AM|{{party color|Aran Amassa}}|10.71}}

{{bar percent|PRAG|{{party color|Partit Renovador d'Arties e Garòs}}|1.95}}

{{bar percent|Blank ballots|#DDDDDD|3.27}}}}

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{{bar percent|UA–PSC|{{party color|Unity of Aran}}|69.23}}

{{bar percent|CDA–PNA|{{party color|Aranese Democratic Convergence}}|30.76}}}}

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Category:Politics of the Val d'Aran