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Unity and Renewal (Catalan: Unitat i Renovació, UiR) was a local political party in Canillo, Andorra.

History

Although political parties were not legalised until 1993,^[1] the party contested the 1992 elections in the Canillo parish, winning three of the four seats.^[2]

For the 1997 elections, it was one of several local parties to ally with the Liberal Union to run in parish constituencies.^[3] The UiR won two seats as the alliance won a total of 16 of the 28 seats in the General Council,^[4] and formed a government under Marc Forné Molné.

References

↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p153
↑ Government's argument wins absolute majority in Andorra La Vanguardia, 13 April 1992
↑ Nohlen D & Stöver P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p162 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p165

Political parties in Andorra

General Council	Democrats for Andorra (15) Liberal Party of Andorra (8) Social Democratic Party–Greens of Andorra–Citizens' Initiative–Independents (3) Social Democracy and Progress (2)

Unrepresented	Andorra for Change Democratic Renewal Lauredian Union New Centre Parochial Union of Independents Group

Defunct	Andorran Democratic Centre Century 21 Democratic National Initiative Democratic Party Liberal Opinion Group National Andorran Coalition National Democratic Group New Democracy Parochial Union of Ordino Renewal Party of Ordino Unity and Renewal

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