Elections in San Marino

Politics of San Marino

San Marino elects on the national level a legislature. The Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale) has 60 members, elected for a five-year term by semi-proportional representation with national majority bonus (the winning coalition receives at least 35 seats on 60).

San Marino has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

The first elections were held in March 1906 after the Arengo held on the same year that established democracy in the country. Between 1926 and 1943, the Sammarinese Fascist Party took power and all other parties were banned. Democracy was restored in 1945.

Since early 2008, there has been an electoral threshold of 3.5%. Since 2016, if none of the coalitions achieves an absolute majority of seats, a runoff between the two largest coalitions is held.

General elections

Last election

Main article: 2024 San Marino general election

A parliamentary election was held in San Marino on 9 June 2024.

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Democracy and FreedomChristian Democratic Party6,20634.1422+1
Reformist Alliance1,2686.984New
Coalition votes690.3800
Total7,54341.5026New
Libera/PS – PSDLibera / Socialist Party2,86215.75100
Party of Socialists and Democrats2,21612.1980
Coalition votes640.3500
Total5,14228.29180
Future Republic2,17811.988+2
Domani Motus Liberi1,5408.475+1
RETE Movement9225.073–8
Solidary Democracy8524.690New
Total18,177100.00600
Valid votes18,17793.46
Invalid/blank votes1,2716.54
Total votes19,448100.00
Registered voters/turnout38,33850.73
Source: Secretariat of State for Internal Affairs and Civil Service

Election results, 1945–2024

Summary of Sammarinese elections for the Grand and General Council, 1945–2024
Election Round PSDS PCS PSS PDCS PSIS MLS SR AP SU AN PSD PS UPR C10 RETE RF DML NplR Libera Oth. Turnout
1945 (PDCS) 66.0 (PCS) 34.0 57.4
1949 (PDCS) 57.7 (PCS) 42.3 67.5
1951 5.6 29.3 22.1 43.0 62.6
1955 4.7 31.6 25.5 38.2 70.1
1959 (PSIS) 26.0 13.8 44.3 15.9 85.7
1964 24.1 10.7 46.8 16.2 2.2 84.0
1969 22.8 11.9 44.0 18.0 2.1 1.2 79.5
1974 23.6 13.9 39.6 15.4 1.6 5.9 79.7
1978 25.1 13.8 42.3 11.1 4.2 3.5 79.0
1983 24.4 14.8 42.1 13.9 2.9 1.9 79.7
1988 28.7 11.1 44.1 13.6 1.1 1.4 81.1
1993 18.6 23.7 41.4 7.7 3.4 5.2 80.0
1998 18.6 23.2 40.9 4.2 9.8 3.3 75.3
2001 20.6 24.0 41.1 9.0 3.4 1.9 73.8
2006 (PdS) (PdS) 32.9 12.1 8.7 2.3 31.8 5.4 6.8 71.8
2008 31.9 11.5 8.6 4.2 32.0 6.3 4.9 0.7 68.5
2012 29.5 6.7 9.1 1.7 14.3 12.1 8.4 6.7 6.3 5.2 63.9
2016 1st 24.5 9.6 12.1 7.2 7.7 (AP) 9.3 18.3 11.3 59.7
2nd 42.1 (SU) 57.9 (PDCS) (PDCS) (SU) 50.1
2019 33.4 (NplR) (NplR) 18.2 10.3 6.2 13.1 16.5 2.0 55.7
2024 34.14 12.19 5.07 11.98 8.47 15.75 12.40 50.73

Local elections

Local elections are held every 5 years in all the municipalities, to elect the municipal councils (giunte di castello) and the mayors (capitani di castello). The last elections were held on 29 November 2020. Proportional representation is used to allocate the seats. Voters have up to 2 preference votes.

Referendums

See also

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