Sammarinese Grand and General Council  2017 Results Voting Live Dates Opinion Exit Poll

Sammarinese Grand and General Council election Dates 2017

Sammarinese Grand and General Council Date: 30 November 2017

The Grand and General Council (Italian: Consiglio Grande e Generale) is the parliament of San Marino. The council has 60 members elected for a five-year term.

The country's electoral law is based on the electoral system of Italian municipalities. Between 1945 and 2007, San Marino used proportional representation. A majority of at least 35 seats is given to the winning coalition of parties which receives an absolute majority of votes at the first or the eventual second round of elections. Within single coalitions, seats are divided between the parties using a D'Hondt system. A 3.5% threshold exists, together with guarantees for female candidates.

The Council appoints from among its members the Congress of State, which is the executive branch of the government, and the Captains Regents, who serve as the heads of state.

The Council is the equivalent of the Roman Senate during the Roman Republic.

Sammarinese Grand and General Council Voting Live 2017

1. San Marino elects on national level a legislature. The Grand and General Council(Consiglio Grande e Generale) has 60 members, elected for a five-year term by semi-proportional representation with national majority bonus (the winning coalition receives at least 35 seats on 60).
2. San Marino has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
3. Since early 2008, there is an electoral threshold of 3.5%.

Electoral system of San Marino

The 60 members of the Grand and General Council were elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method. The electoral threshold 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 single bloc obtained an absolute majority, a runoff election would be held between the two most popular coalitions, of which the winner will obtain a majority prize – a seat bonus ensuring a majority.

Candidates for Sammarinese Grand and General Council

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San Marino Parties and leaders

• Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese) We Sammarinese (Noi Sammarinesi)
• Party of Socialists and Democrats (Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici)
• Popular Alliance (Alleanza Popolare)

San Marino past election results