2008 San Marino general election
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All 60 seats in the Grand and General Council 31 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 20,975 (68.48% 5.32%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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A snap general election was held in San Marino on 9 November 2008. Elections were called after the collapse of the centre-left majority which had won the previous 2006 election.
In June 2008, due to disagreements within the coalition partners, the Party of Socialists and Democrats (PSD), Popular Alliance (AP) and United Left (SU), AP left the coalition and the cabinet fell down.[1] The PSD tried to form a narrow-majority coalition with SU and Sammarineses for Freedom (SpL),[2] but two dissenting members of PSD left their party and formed Arengo and Freedom (AL), leaving the proposed coalition without a majority in Parliament.[3][4]
Due to the new electoral law passed earlier in 2008 which introduced a number of changes (an electoral threshold of 3.5% and a majority premium for the winning coalition, on the example of the electoral system for the Italian cities[5]), the election was contested by two major coalitions: Pact for San Marino (centre-right) and Reforms and Freedom (centre-left).
Electoral system[]
Voters had to be citizens of San Marino and at least 18 years old.
Coalitions and parties[]
Due to the new electoral law, Sammarinese political parties are organized in two major coalitions:
- Pact for San Marino (Patto per San Marino)
- Reforms and Freedom (Riforme e Libertà)
Pact for San Marino[]
Party | Ideology | Electoral list | |
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PDCS–EPS | Christian democracy | PDCS–EPS–AF | |
Arengo and Freedom | Liberalism | ||
Popular Alliance | Big tent | Popular Alliance | |
New Socialist Party | Social liberalism | Freedom List | |
We Sammarineses | Liberal conservatism | ||
Sammarinese People | Conservatism | Sammarinese Moderates | |
Sammarinese National Alliance | National conservatism |
Reforms and Freedom[]
Results[]
Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
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Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party–Euro-Populars for San Marino–Arengo and Freedom | 6,693 | 31.90% | 22 |
Popular Alliance | 2,417 | 11.52% | 7 |
Freedom List | 1,317 | 6.28% | 4 |
Sammarinese Union of Moderates | 874 | 4.17% | 2 |
Votes to the coalition | 73 | 0.35% | — |
Pact for San Marino | 11,373 | 54.22% | 35 |
Party of Socialists and Democrats–Sammarineses for Freedom | 6,703 | 31.96% | 18 |
United Left | 1,797 | 8.57% | 5 |
Centre Democrats | 1,037 | 4.94% | 2 |
Votes to the coalition | 65 | 0.31% | — |
Reforms and Freedom | 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 (in Italian) |
References[]
- ^ "Radio e Televisione della Repubblica di San Marino - Politica". Archived from the original on 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ http://www.sanmarinortv.sm/politica/default.asp?id=32&id_n=26816&Pagina=27
- ^ "Radio e Televisione della Repubblica di San Marino - Politica". Archived from the original on 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ "Radio e Televisione della Repubblica di San Marino - Politica". Archived from the original on 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ ":::ELEZIONI REP. SAN MARINO::: Sistema elettorale". Archived from the original on 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
- General elections in San Marino
- 2008 elections in Europe
- 2008 in San Marino
- November 2008 events in Europe