2008 San Marino general election

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.

2008 San Marino general election
San Marino
9 November 2008
All 60 seats in the Grand and General Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.48% (Decrease3.36pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Pact for San Marino Antonella Mularoni 54.22 35 +1
Reforms and Freedom Fiorenzo Stolfi 45.78 25 -1
Secretary for Foreigns before New Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Fiorenzo Stolfi
PSD		 Antonella Mularoni
Pact for San Marino

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
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 allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Pact for San MarinoPDCS–EPS–AeL6,69231.9122+1
Popular Alliance2,41511.5270
Freedom List1,3176.2840
Sammarinese Union of Moderates8744.1720
Coalition votes730.35––
Total11,37154.2235+1
Reforms and FreedomParty of Socialists and Democrats6,70231.9618–3
United Left1,7978.5750
Centre Democrats1,0374.942New
Coalition votes650.31––
Total9,60145.7825–1
Total20,972100.00600
Valid votes20,97296.18
Invalid/blank votes8343.82
Total votes21,806100.00
Registered voters/turnout31,84568.48
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.
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