Sammarinese general election, 2008

San Marino general election, 2008

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All 60 seats in the Grand and General Council
First party Second party   Party Pact for San Marino Reforms and Freedom Last election 34 seats totally, 57.7% 26 seats totally, 42.3% Seats won 35 25 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 11,371 9,601 Percentage 54.2% 45.8% Swing 3.5% 3.5%
Secretary for Foreigns before election Fiorenzo Stolfi Party of Socialists and Democrats New Secretary for Foreign Affairs Antonella Mularoni Pact for San Marino

Fiorenzo Stolfi
Party of Socialists and Democrats

Antonella Mularoni
Pact for San Marino

A snap general election was held in San Marino on 9 November 2008. Elections were called after the collapse of the centre-left majority which had won the previous 2006 election.

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. The PSD tried to form a narrow-majority coalition with SU and Sammarinese for Freedom (SpL), but two dissenting members of PSD left their party and formed Arengo and Freedom (AL), leaving the proposed coalition without a majority in Parliament.

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 cities), the election was contested by two major coalitions: Pact for San Marino (centre-right) and Reforms and Freedom (centre-left).

Due to the new electoral law, Sammarinese political parties are organized in two major coalitions:

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