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:

• Party: Sammarinese Christian Democrat Party / Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese – Noi Sammarinesi (PDCS-NS)
  • Leader: Teodoro LONFERNINI
• Party: Popular Alliance / Alleanza Popolare (AP)
  • Leader: Mario VENTURINI
• Party: Party of Socialists and Democrats / Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici (PSD)
  • Leader: Denise BRONZETTI
• Party: Civic 10 / Civico10
  • Leader: N/A
• Party: United Left / Sinistra Unita (SU)
  • Leader: Gastone PASOLINI
• Civic Movement: Union for the Republic / Unione per la Repubblica (UPR)
  • Leader: Gian Marco MARCUCCI
• Party: Moderate Sammarinese / Moderati Sammarinesi
  • Leader: N/A
• Party: Socialist Party / Partito Socialista
  • Leader: Paride ANDREOLI
• Civic Movement: RETE / Movimento Civico R.E.T.E
  • Leader: N/A
• Civic Movement: For San Marino / Per San Marino
  • Leader: Emilio DELLA BALDA
• Coalition: San Marino 3.0 / San Marino 3.0
  • Leader: Simone DELLA VALLE

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.)