1920 San Marino general election
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All 60 seats in the Grand and General Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 59.17% | ||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
General elections were held in San Marino on 14 November 1920 to elect the sixth term of the Grand and General Council.[1] It was the country's first snap election, and the first election to use a form of proportional representation.[2] The result was a victory for the Sammarinese People's Party, which won 29 of the 60 seats.[3]
Electoral system
Following Italy, San Marino adopted a party-list proportional representation electoral system on 15 October 1920. The three-class division was eliminated, and councillors' terms limited to four years.
Voters had to be citizens of San Marino, male, the head of the family and 24 years old.
Campaign
The
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Sammarinese People's Party | 1,125 | 47.75 | 29 | |
Sammarinese Socialist Party | 697 | 29.58 | 18 | |
Sammarinese Democratic Union | 534 | 22.67 | 13 | |
Total | 2,356 | 100.00 | 60 | |
Valid votes | 2,356 | 98.54 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 35 | 1.46 | ||
Total votes | 2,391 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,041 | 59.17 | ||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Aftermath
The Socialists refused to join the newly elected council, following a revolutionary political strategy. On 11 January 1921, all Socialist seats were declared vacant due to absence and a by-election was held on 10 April, in which ten Christian democrats and eight conservatives were elected.
References
- ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ The electoral system used the D'Hondt method.
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1690