General elections were held in San Marino on 11 November 2012. The 60 seats in the Grand and General Council were up for grabs. The elections were held using the majority bonus system. The previous election, held in 2008, provided the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party with the largest single parliamentary group. The Party of Socialists and Democrats, although winning more votes than the former, became the main opposition party. However, for the 2012 elections, the two parties decided to run together, under the banner of the coalition San Marino Common Good. They were joined by the Popular Alliance. Meanwhile, the remaining major parties formed the coalitions

Agreement for the Country Agreement for the Country ( it, Intesa per il Paese) is a centrist political and electoral alliance in San Marino, formed to contest the 2012 general election. It is composed of:Active Citizenship, politically placed in the center and on the

left Left may refer to: Music * ''Left'' (Hope of the States album), 2006 * ''Left'' (Monkey House album), 2016 * "Left", a song by Nickelback from the album ''Curb'', 1996 Direction * Left (direction), the relative direction opposite of right * L ...

, respectively.

Coalitions and parties

The incumbent Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (PDCS) is leading a coalition called San Marino Common Good. It was contested by another coalition under the banner

RETE Movement The RETE Movement ( it, Movimento Civico Rinnovamento – Equità – Transparenza – Ecosostenibilità, lit=Renewal – Equity – Transparency – Eco-sustainability Civic Movement) is a political party in San Marino San Marino (, ), offic ...

and San Marino 3.0. There were 356 candidates for the 60 seats. Voting centres were open from 7:00 to 20:00.

Results

Twenty MPs were new to the council, and 10 MPs were women. Additionally, 1,356 of the voting cards had obscene drawings on them, a total of 6.41%, and a high number of void ballots led to accusations of a scandal.

References

{{Sammarinese elections General elections in San Marino San Marino

General election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

San Marino