Sammarinese Populars (, PS) are a

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History

In the 2006 general election PS won 2.4% of the vote and 1 out of 60 seats in the

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. Since 2008 it has been part of the

Sammarinese Union of Moderates The Sammarinese Union of Moderates (, USDM) was a centre-right, Christian-democratic, national-conservative political coalition in San Marino. It was founded on 21 February 2008 and consisted of the Christian-democratic Sammarinese Populars and ...

together with

Sammarinese National Alliance Sammarinese National Alliance (, ANS) was a national-conservative political party in San Marino. Its Italian counterpart was the National Alliance. In the 2006 general election ANS won 2.3% of the vote and 1 out of 60 seats in the Grand and Gener ...

and stood in opposition against the 2006-2008 coalition government of the

Party of Socialists and Democrats The Party of Socialists and Democrats (, PSD) is a social democracy, social-democratic and democratic socialist List of political parties in San Marino, political party in San Marino. It is a member of the Socialist International, and observer m ...

, Popular Alliance and United Left. In the 2008 general election the party participated within the

coalition that won 874 votes (4.17%) and got 2 seats. The Sammarinese Union of Moderates is part of the centre-right

Pact for San Marino Pact for San Marino () was a centrist coalition of parties for the 2008 general election in San Marino. It was composed of four lists for a total of eight parties: {, class=wikitable style=text-align:left , - !colspan=2, Party !Ideology !Electo ...

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, which won 35 seats out of 60 in the

in the 2008 election, gaining 54.22% of the national vote and a governmental majority of 5 and has become the new government of San Marino and as a result the Sammarinese Populars which itself gained a few seats and a small percentage of the national vote as part of the coalition and as part of the Sammarinese Union of Moderates, is now part of the official new government.

References

External links

Official website
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