2008 San Marino general election

National election San Marino 1862 2006 2012 9 November 2008 All 60 seats in the Grand and General Council 31 68.48% ( 3.36pp) Antonella Mularoni Pact for San Marino 34 35 54.22 Fiorenzo Stolfi Reforms and Freedom 26 25 45.78 2008 Sammarinese general election.svg Results by castelli Secretary for Foreign Affairs Secretary for Foreign Affairs after election Fiorenzo Stolfi PSD–Reforms and Freedom Antonella Mularoni AP–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.http://www.sanmarinortv.sm/politica/default.asp?id=32&id_n=26357&Pagina=33 Radio e Televisione della Repubblica di San Marino - Politica 2008-10-06 2008-10-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20081018230021/http://www.sanmarinortv.sm/politica/default.asp?id=32&id_n=26357&Pagina=33 dead The PSD tried to form a narrow-majority coalition with SU, Sammarineses for Freedom (SpL) and Centre Democrats (DdC),http://www.sanmarinortv.sm/politica/default.asp?id=32&id_n=26816&Pagina=27 Radio e Televisione della Repubblica di San Marino - Politica 2008-10-06 2008-10-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20081018230025/http://www.sanmarinortv.sm/politica/default.asp?id=32&id_n=26816&Pagina=27 dead but two dissenting members of PSD left their party and formed Arengo and Freedom (AL), leaving the proposed coalition without a majority in Parliament.http://www.sanmarinortv.sm/politica/default.asp?id=32&id_n=27158&Pagina=22 Radio e Televisione della Repubblica di San Marino - Politica 2008-10-06 2008-10-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20081018230030/http://www.sanmarinortv.sm/politica/default.asp?id=32&id_n=27158&Pagina=22 dead http://www.sanmarinortv.sm/politica/default.asp?id=32&id_n=28025&Pagina=10 Radio e Televisione della Repubblica di San Marino - Politica 2008-10-06 2008-10-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20081018230035/http://www.sanmarinortv.sm/politica/default.asp?id=32&id_n=28025&Pagina=10 dead 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 citieshttp://www.elezioni.sm/index.php?id=496 ELEZIONI REP. SAN MARINO: Sistema elettorale 2008-10-03 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081019034447/http://www.elezioni.sm/index.php?id=496 2008-10-19 ), 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 PartyIdeologyElectoral 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 SammarineseModerates Sammarinese National Alliance National conservatism Reforms and Freedom PartyIdeologyElectoral 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 Pact for San Marino 6 PDCS–EPS–AeL 6692 22 +1 Popular Alliance 2415 7 0 Freedom List 1317 4 #0661B6 0 Sammarinese Union of Moderates 874 2 0 Coalition votes 73 — Pact for San Marino 11371 35 +1 Reforms and Freedom 5 Party of Socialists and Democrats 6702 18 –3 United Left 1797 5 0 Centre Democrats 1037 2 #099ECF New Coalition votes 65 — Reforms and Freedom 9601 25 –1 834 0 31845 Secretary of State for Internal Affairs References Category:General elections in San Marino San Marino General election San Marino Category:November 2008 elections