Sammarinese general election, 2008
San Marino general election, 2008
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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 Sammarinese 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).
Coalitions and parties
Due to the new electoral law, Sammarinese political parties are organized in two major coalitions:
Pact for San Marino
Reforms and Freedom
Results
Summary of the 9 November 2008 Grand and General Council of San Marino election results
| Parties |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| 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–Sammarinese 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 |
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60 |
| Invalid/Blank votes |
831 |
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| Total votes cast |
21,806 |
| Registered voters |
31,845 |
| Sources: Elezioni Politiche 2008 - Repubblica di San Marino (Italian) |
References
Sammarinese general election, 2008
