Snap general elections were held in San Marino on 9 November 2008. They were called after the collapse of the centre-left government which had won the previous 2006 elections.
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All 60 seats in the Grand and General Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 68.48% ( 3.36pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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, Sammarineses for Freedom (SpL) and Centre Democrats (DdC),[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
editVoters had to be citizens of San Marino and at least 18 years old.
Coalitions and parties
editDue 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
editReforms and Freedom
editResults
edit| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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| Pact for San Marino | PDCS–EPS–AeL | 6,692 | 31.91 | 22 | +1 | ||
| Popular Alliance | 2,415 | 11.52 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Freedom List | 1,317 | 6.28 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Sammarinese Union of Moderates | 874 | 4.17 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Coalition votes | 73 | 0.35 | – | – | |||
| Total | 11,371 | 54.22 | 35 | +1 | |||
| Reforms and Freedom | Party of Socialists and Democrats | 6,702 | 31.96 | 18 | –3 | ||
| United Left | 1,797 | 8.57 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Centre Democrats | 1,037 | 4.94 | 2 | New | |||
| Coalition votes | 65 | 0.31 | – | – | |||
| Total | 9,601 | 45.78 | 25 | –1 | |||
| Total | 20,972 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 | |||
| Valid votes | 20,972 | 96.18 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 834 | 3.82 | |||||
| Total votes | 21,806 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 31,845 | 68.48 | |||||
| Source: Secretary of State for Internal Affairs | |||||||
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.