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1906 San Marino general election

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General elections were held in San Marino on 10 June 1906.[1]

Electoral system

The electoral law to was passed on 5 May by the Council elected in March.[2] All householders and graduates over 25 years of age could vote. The republic was divided in nine multi-member constituencies according to their population; the City of San Marino had 22 seats, Serravalle had 12 seats, Faetano had 6 seats, Acquaviva, Chiesanuova, Domagnano and Montegiardino had 4 seats, and Fiorentino and San Giovanni had 2 seats

All councillors were elected in their constituency using a plurality-at-large voting.

Electoral system

Voters had to be citizens of San Marino, male, the head of the family and 24 years old.

Results

Elected candidates belonged to the liberal group which had supported the democratic action of the citizenry meeting or were members of the sole organised party, the Sammarinese Socialist Party, which claimed to have won 29 seats.[3] These two factions formed the first democratic government of the country.

Party Votes % Seats
Formally non-partisans 1,013 100.0 60
Invalid/blank votes 25
Total 1,038 100.0 60
Registered voters/turnout 1,203 86.3
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1678 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Grand and General Council database. (it.)
  3. ^ "Party of Socialist and Democrats of San Marino (it.)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2013-03-07.