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 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%.
[edit] 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).
e • d 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) |
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