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Nov. 11, 2012 Held

San Marino

Republic of San Marino

Election for Consiglio Grande e Generale (Sammarinese Grand and General Council)

Results

Voter
Turnout*
Cast Votes:21,138
Valid Votes:19,778
Invalid Votes:1,360

Parties:

Party Seats Won Seats Change Votes

Sammarinese Christian Democrat Party 21 - 5,828

29.47%

Party of Socialists and Democrats 10 - 2,832

14.32%

Socialist Party 7 - 2,393

12.10%

United Left 5 - - 1,808

9.14%

Union for the Republic 5 - 1,651

8.35%

Civic 10 4 - 1,325

6.70%

Popular Alliance 4 - 1,319

6.67%

RETE 4 - 1,244

6.29%

For San Marino - - 556

2.81%

San Marino 3.0 - - 364

1.84%

Moderate Sammarinese - - 340

1.72%

More Info:

At stake in this election:

  •  60 seats in the Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale)

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: Co-Chiefs of State Captain Regent Teodoro LONFERNINI and Captain Regent Denise BRONZETTI *
  • Head of Government: Co-Heads of Government Captain Regent Teodoro LONFERNINI and Captain Regent Denise BRONZETTI
  • Assembly: San Marino has a unicameral Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale) with 60 seats.

* The Co-Chiefs of State (captains regent) are elected by the Great and General Council for a six-month term.

Description of electoral system:

  • The Co-Chiefs of State is indirectly elected by parliament.
  • Co-Heads of Government is indirectly elected by parliament.
  • In the Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale) 60 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***

*** There is a 3.5 percent threshold. If the coalition with the highest number of votes fails to win 35 seats, it is given "bonus seats" to meet the 35-seat requirement.

Main parties in the electoral race:

Population and number of registered voters:

  • Population: 31,172 (July 2012)
  • Registered Voters: 33,106 (November 2012)

Gender Data:

·         Is San Marino a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (26 September 2003)

·         Has San Marino ratified CEDAW: Yes (10 December 2003)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 10 (following the 2012 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: N/A

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is San Marino a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has San Marino ratified CRPD: Yes (22 February 2008)

·         Population with a disability: 4,675 (est.)