Sammarinese general election, 1926

San Marino general election, 1926

12 December 1926
58 (out of the 60) seats to the Grand and General Council
Turnout	56.8%
Majority party   Party Fascist Party Last election 29 seats, inside the Bloc Seats won 60 Seat change 31 Popular vote 2,444 Percentage 100.0%

General elections were held in San Marino on 12 December 1926 to elect the eighth term of the Grand and General Council.^[1] It was a sham election, all opposition being prevented to participate by internal and Italian threads. After it had taken over the country in April 1923,^[2] the Sammarinese Fascist Party was the only party to contest the elections,^[3] winning all 60 seats,^[4] while the official report spoke of a sole dissident bullet. A new electoral law guaranteed safe undisputed seats to the two incumbent Captains Regents.

History

After the Patriotic Bloc victory in 1923, San Marino had effectively become a puppet of Fascist Italy.

The new electoral law of November 11, 1926, abolished universal suffrage to restore householders' ancient rights, established a copy of the Acerbo law, and extended the Council term to six years. More, even if this bloc voting system theorically allowed a small delegation of opposition candidates,^[5] Italian menaces prevented any other list outside the Sammarinese Fascist Party, which ran undisputed the snap election that was immediately called. San Marino consequently became a one-party state.

Benito Mussolini did not waste time to show his industriousness with propaganda goals, beginning the construction of a Rimini-San Marino railway which would become the visible symbol of his leadership over the small country.

Results

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