Elections in San Marino

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Elections in San Marino gives information on election and election results in San Marino.

San Marino elects on national level a legislature. The Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale) has 60 members, elected for a five-year term by semi-proportional representation with national majority bonus (the winning coalition receives at least 35 seats on 60).

San Marino has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Since early 2008, there is an electoral threshold of 3.5%.

Latest elections

A parliamentary election was held in San Marino on 9 November 2008. The election was contested by two major coalitions: Patto per San Marino (centre-right) and Riforme e Libertà (centre-left).

Summary of the 9 November 2008 Grand and General Council of Sammarinese election results

 
Parties Votes % Seats
P.D.C.S.-E.P.S.-A. e L. 6,693 31.90% 22
Alleanza Popolare 2,417 11.52% 7
Lista della Libertà 1,317 6.28% 4
Unione Sammarinese dei Moderati 874 4.17% 2
votes to the coalition 73 0.35%
Total Patto per San Marino 11,373 54.22% 35
Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici 6,703 31.96% 18
Sinistra Unita 1,797 8.57% 5
Democratici di Centro 1,037 4.94% 2
votes to the coalition 65 0.31%
Total Riforme e Libertà 9,602 45.78% 25
Total valid votes (turnout: 68.48%) 20,975 60
Invalid/Blank votes 831
Total votes cast 21,806
Registered voters 31,845
Sources: Elezioni Politiche 2008 - Repubblica di San Marino (Italian)

Past elections and referendums

 Summary of the 4 June 2006 Grand and General Council of Sammarinese election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese) 7,257 32.92% 21
Party of Socialists and Democrats (Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici) 7,017 31.83% 20
Popular Alliance (Alleanza Popolare) 2,657 12.05% 7
United Left (Sinistra Unita) 1,911 8.67% 5
New Socialist Party (Nuovo Partito Socialista) 1,194 5.42% 3
We Sammarinese (Noi Sammarinesi) 558 2.53% 1
Sammarinese People (Popolari Sammarinesi) 535 2.43% 1
Sammarinese National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale Sammarinese) 512 2.32% 1
Sammarinese for Freedom (Sammarinesi per la Libertà) 405 1.84% 1
Total valid votes (turnout: 71.8%) 22,046 60
Invalid/Blank votes 769
Total votes cast 22,815
Registered voters 31,759
Sources: Parties and Elections in Europe; Elezioni2006

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