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{{Infobox political party
| country = Andorra
| abbreviation = L'A {{small|(since 2012)}}<br>UL {{small|(1992-2001)}}<br>PLA {{small|(2001-2012)}}
| name = Liberals of Andorra
| native_name = Liberals d'Andorra
| colorcode = {{party color|Liberals of Andorra (2023)}}
| logo = Liberals d'Andorra logo 2023.png
| founder = [[Marc Forné Molné]]
| foundation = 1992
| president = [[Cristina Rico]]<ref name=leadership>https://liberals.ad/coneix-nos/elpartit/ L’executiva</ref>
| first_secretary = 
| ideology = {{ubl|[[Conservative&nbsp;liberalism]]|[[Pro-Europeanism]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andorra |url=https://europeelects.eu/andorra/ |access-date=1 April 2023 |website=[[Europe Elects]]}}</ref>}}
| position = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]<ref name="Lansford2013">{{cite book|author=Tom Lansford|title=Political Handbook of the World 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lUF1AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38|date=15 April 2013|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4522-5825-6|page=38}}</ref>
| seats1_title = [[General Council (Andorra)|General Council]]
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|28|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}
| headquarters = Carrer de la Unió, Edifici Eland, 5è 3a AD500 [[Andorra la Vella]]
| colours = {{color box|{{party color|Liberals of Andorra (2023)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Navy blue]] and {{color box|#EFCB2D|border=darkgray}} [[gold (color)|gold]] {{small|(since 2023)}}<br>{{color box|{{Party color|Liberals of Andorra}}|border=darkgray}} [[Light blue]] {{small|(until 2023)}}
| native_name_lang = cat
| international = [[Liberal International]]
| european = [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
| website = [http://www.liberals.ad/ www.liberals.ad]
}}

The '''Liberals of Andorra''' ({{langx|ca|Liberals d'Andorra}}, LA) is a [[Conservative liberalism|conservative-liberal]]<ref name="Ismayr2013">{{cite book|author=Wolfgang Ismayr|title=Die politischen Systeme Westeuropas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1NkiBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA762|date=21 December 2013|publisher=Springer-Verlag|isbn=978-3-322-97575-1|page=762}}</ref> [[list of political parties in Andorra|political party in Andorra]]. It is a member of the [[Liberal International]] and the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]].

==History==
[[File:PLA old Logo 02.png|thumb|150px|Previous logo of the Liberal Party]]
[[File:Liberals d'Andorra Logo.svg|thumb|150px|Previous logo of the Liberal Party (until November 2021)]]
[[File:Liberals d'Andorra Logo 2021.png|thumb|150px|Previous logo of the Liberal Party (until June 2023)]]
The party was established as the '''Liberal Union''' ({{Lang|ca|Unió Liberal}}) in 1992 by [[Marc Forné Molné]]. In the [[Andorran parliamentary election, 1993|1993 elections]] it received 22% of the vote and won five seats, making it the second largest party in the [[General Council (Andorra)|General Council]].<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen D]] & Stöver P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p.164 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> Although the party was in opposition after [[Òscar Ribas Reig]] formed a progressive coalition government, Ribas was forced out of office after losing a [[vote of no confidence]] and Forné became Prime Minister on 7 December 1994.<ref name=N2>Nohlen & Stöver, p166</ref>

After two votes of no confidence, Forné called [[Andorran parliamentary election, 1997|early elections]] in 1997.<ref name=N2/> In the run-up to the elections the Union formed alliances with several local parties, including the Liberal Union–Liberal Group of Encamp, the [[Liberal Opinion Group]] (GOL), [[Unity and Renewal]] (UiR) and the [[Lauredian Union]] (UL), with the local parties contesting only at the parish level.<ref name=N3>Nohlen & Stöver, p162</ref> The Union won 16 seats of which GOL took four, UL two and the UiR two, with Forné remaining Prime Minister.

Shortly before the [[Andorran parliamentary election, 2001|2001 elections]] the party was renamed the '''Liberal Party of Andorra''' ({{Lang|ca|Partit Liberal d'Andorra}})<ref name="N3" /> It won 46.1% of the popular vote and 15 seats, with Forné again remaining Prime Minister. In the [[Andorran parliamentary election, 2005|2005 elections]] the party lost another seat, but was still able to form a government, this time led by [[Albert Pintat]]. Pintat resigned the leadership, which passed to [[Joan Gabriel i Estany|Joan Gabriel]], before the [[Andorran parliamentary election, 2009|2009 elections]].

In the elections the party was part of the Reformist Coalition alongside the [[Lauredian Union]], [[Century 21 (political party)|Century 21]], and two other political parties. The Coalition won 11 seats, whilst the Social Democrats won 14 seats and gained control of the government.

In the run up to the [[Andorran parliamentary election, 2011|2011 parliamentary election]], the Liberal Party and the other members of the Reformist Coalition gave support to the [[Democrats for Andorra]] (DA). The new party chose [[Antoni Martí]] as leader and won the election on 3 April 2011 a landslide with 20 of the General Council's 28 seats.

Half way through the first term in office of Democrats for Andorra, a group of party activists started to actively work in order to run again separately in the 2015 elections.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://diariandorra.ad/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=17067 | title=El PLA comença les reunions per reactivar-se | work=Diari d'Andorra | date=December 18, 2011 | access-date=June 12, 2012 | archive-date=April 2, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402130025/http://www.diariandorra.ad/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=17067 | url-status=dead }}</ref> They presented their new name, Liberals of Andorra, and they announced their intention to stand candidates in the next parliamentary election.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://diariandorra.ad/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=18600 | title=El PLA concorrerà en solitari a les generals del 2015 | work=Diari d'Andorra | date=March 4, 2012 | access-date=June 12, 2012 | archive-date=April 2, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102117/http://www.diariandorra.ad/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=18600 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[Andorran parliamentary election, 2015|2015 parliamentary election]] held on 1 March 2015, the Liberal Party received 27.7% of the vote and 8 seats in the General Council.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.eleccions.ad/resultats | title=Eleccions al Consell General 2019}}</ref>

==Election results ==
===General Council elections===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!Election
!Leader
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
!Position
!Status
|-
|[[Andorran parliamentary election, 1993|1993]]
|rowspan=4|[[Marc Forné Molné]]
|1,591
|22.0
|{{Composition bar|5|28|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}
|–
|2nd
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[Andorran parliamentary election, 1997|1997]]
|3,543
|40.5
|{{Composition bar|16|28|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}
|{{increase}} 11
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority}}
|-
|[[Andorran parliamentary election, 2001|2001]]
|4.739
|44.1
|{{Composition bar|15|28|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority}}
|-
|[[Andorran parliamentary election, 2005|2005]]
|5,100
|41.2
|{{Composition bar|14|28|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority}}
|-
|[[Andorran parliamentary election, 2009|2009]]{{efn|As part of the [[Reformist Coalition]].}}
|align=center |[[Joan Gabriel i Estany]]
|4,747
|32.3
|{{Composition bar|11|28|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}
|{{decrease}} 3
|{{decrease}} 2nd
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|- style=height:3em
|[[Andorran parliamentary election, 2011|2011]]
|colspan=6|''Did not run''
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|[[Andorran parliamentary election, 2015|2015]]
|align=center |[[Josep Pintat Forné]]
|4,073
|27.7
|{{Composition bar|8|28|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}
|{{increase}} 8
|2nd
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2019 Andorran parliamentary election|2019]]
|align=center |Jordi Gallardo Fernández
|2,219
|12.5
|{{Composition bar|4|28|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}
|{{decrease}} 4
|{{decrease}}3rd
|{{yes2|Coalition}}
|-
|[[2023 Andorran parliamentary election|2023]]
|align=center |Josep Maria Cabanes
|893
|4.7
|{{Composition bar|0|28|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}
|{{decrease}} 4
|{{decrease}} 5th
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|}
{{Notelist}}

===Local elections===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Position
|-
|[[1995 Andorran local elections|1995]]
|1,531
|21.8
|{{Composition bar|10|80|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}||–||2nd
|-
|[[1999 Andorran local elections|1999]]
|3,187
|38.1
|{{Composition bar|24|80|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}
|{{increase}} 14
|{{increase}} 1st
|-
|[[2003 Andorran local elections|2003]]
|5.224
|47.7
|{{Composition bar|51|82|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}
|{{increase}} 27
|{{steady}} 1st
|-
|[[2007 Andorran local elections|2007]]
|6,078
|46.6
|{{Composition bar|46|86|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}
|{{decrease}} 5
|{{steady}} 1st
|-
|[[Andorran local elections, 2011|2011]]
|colspan=5 |''Did not contest''
|-
|[[2015 Andorran local elections|2015]]
|3,498
|26.1
|{{Composition bar|10|80|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}
|{{increase}} 10
|2nd
|-
|[[2019 Andorran local elections|2019]]
|4,469
|31.4
|{{Composition bar|7|80|{{party color|Liberal Party of Andorra}}}}
|{{decrease}} 3
|4th
|}

== Notable members ==
*[[Marc Forné Molné]]
*[[Juli Minoves]]
*[[Jordi Gallardo]]
*[[:ca:Ferran Costa Marimon|Ferran Costa Marimon]]
*[[Judith Pallarés i Cortés]]
*[[Emili Prats Grau]]

==See also==
*[[Liberalism]]
*[[Contributions to liberal theory]]
*[[Liberalism worldwide]]
*[[List of liberal parties]]
*[[Liberal democracy]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.liberals.ad Official website]

{{Andorran political parties}}
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[[Category:Conservative liberal parties]]
[[Category:Full member parties of the Liberal International|Andorra]]
[[Category:Liberal parties in Andorra]]
[[Category:Political parties in Andorra]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1992]]
[[Category:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party member parties]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in Andorra]]