2008 San Marino general election

2008 San Marino general election

9 November 2008
All 60 seats in the Grand and General Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.48% (3.36pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Pact for San Marino Antonella Mularoni 54.22 35 +1 Reforms and Freedom Fiorenzo Stolfi 45.78 25 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by castelli Secretary for Foreigns before New Secretary for Foreign Affairs Fiorenzo Stolfi PSD Antonella Mularoni Pact for San Marino

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.

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

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
	PDCS–EPS	Christian democracy	PDCS–EPS–AeL
	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

Party		Ideology	Electoral list
	Party of Socialists and Democrats	Social democracy	Party of Socialists and Democrats
	Sammarineses for Freedom	Social liberalism
	Communist Refoundation	Communism	United Left
	Left Party – Zona Franca	Democratic socialism
	Centre Democrats	Christian left	Democrats

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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

1. "Radio e Televisione della Repubblica di San Marino - Politica". Archived from the original on 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
2. "Radio e Televisione della Repubblica di San Marino - Politica". Archived from the original on 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
3. "Radio e Televisione della Repubblica di San Marino - Politica". Archived from the original on 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
4. "Radio e Televisione della Repubblica di San Marino - Politica". Archived from the original on 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
5. ":::ELEZIONI REP. SAN MARINO::: Sistema elettorale". Archived from the original on 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2008-10-03.