General elections were held in

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on 8 December 2019.

Electoral system

The 60 members of the

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are elected by

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, with seats allocated using the

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. The

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is calculated by multiplying the number of parties running in the elections by 0.4, with a maximum possible threshold of 3.5%. If no party receives a majority, or the two largest parties are unable to form a coalition government within thirty days of the elections, a runoff election will be held between the two most popular coalitions, with the winner receiving a seat bonus to give them a majority.San Marino, 2. Juni 2019 : Zweiter Wahlgang bei Parlamentswahlen
Direct Democracy It is the first time the facultative second round will be applied following its approval in a June 2019 referendum.

Campaign

Two electoral alliances were formed for the elections: *Libera, an alliance of the

Democratic Socialist Left Democratic Socialist Left ( it, Sinistra Socialista Democratica, SSM) was a political party in San Marino, founded as an electoral list for the 2016 general election, including United Left, Progressives and Reformists and Democratic Laboratory ...

Civic 10 Civic 10 ( it, Movimento Civico10) was a political party in San Marino. It has been described as left-leaning and populist, and also advocated for e-democracy and a basic income. History The party was established on 30 July 2012 and contested t ...

, Socialist Ideals Movement and Reforms and Development *Noi per la Repubblica, an alliance of the

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Party of Socialists and Democrats The Party of Socialists and Democrats ( it, Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici, PSD) is a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in San Marino. It is a member of the Socialist International, and observer member of the P ...

, Democratic Movement San Marino Together and

We Sammarineses We Sammarineses ( it, Noi Sammarinesi, NS) is a conservative-liberal political party in San Marino. In the 2006 general election NS won 2.5% and 1 out of 60 seats and stood in opposition to the 2006-2008 governing coalition of the Party of Soci ...

Results

Aftermath

Following the elections, a coalition government was formed by the

Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party The Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party ( it, Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese, PDCS) is a Christian-democratic political party in San Marino. The PDCS is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP), having joined the ...

, the Tomorrow in Motion alliance and Noi per la Repubblica.Governo: la Dc dalla Reggenza per consegnare nomi e deleghe
RTV San Marino, 30 December 2019

References

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Elections in San Marino