1926 San Marino general election

National election San Marino 1862 1923 1932 12 December 1926 All 60 seats in the Grand and General Council 31 56.79% ( 21.32pp) Giuliano Gozi Sammarinese Fascist Party 29 60 100% Secretary for Foreign Affairs Secretary for Foreign Affairs after election Giuliano Gozi Sammarinese Fascist Party Giuliano Gozi Sammarinese Fascist Party General elections were held in San Marino on 12 December 1926 to elect the eighth term of the Grand and General Council.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1678 978-3-8329-5609-7 It was a sham election, all opposition being prevented to participate by internal and Italian threats. After it had taken over the country in April 1923,Nohlen & Stöver, p1670 the Sammarinese Fascist Party was the only party to contest the elections,Nohlen & Stöver, p1686 winning all 60 seats,Nohlen & Stöver, p1690 while the official report spoke of a sole dissident ballot. A new electoral law guaranteed safe undisputed seats to the two incumbent Captains Regents. Background After the Patriotic Bloc victory in 1923, San Marino had effectively become a puppet of Fascist Italy. Benito Mussolini did not waste time to show his industriousness with propaganda goals, beginning the construction of a Rimini-San Marino railway which would become the visible symbol of his leadership over the small country. Electoral system The new electoral law of 11 November 1926, abolished universal suffrage to restore householders' ancient rights, established a copy of the Acerbo law, and extended the Council term to six years. More, even if this bloc voting system theorically allowed a small delegation of opposition candidates,Grand and General Council database (it.) Italian menaces prevented any other list outside the Sammarinese Fascist Party, which ran undisputed the snap election that was immediately called. San Marino consequently became a one-party state. Voters had to be citizens of San Marino, male, 24 years old and meet at least one of the following requirements: the head of the family, a graduate, belong to the militia, have an annual income above 55 lire. Results File:Saint-Marin Grand Conseil général 1926.svg Sammarinese Fascist Party 2444 60 1 4305 Sammarinese ParliamentSammarinese Parliament See also List of MPs elected in the 1926 Sammarinese general election References San Marino Category:General elections in San Marino General Category:One-party elections San Marino