1909 Sammarinese general election

A general election was held in San Marino on 19 June 1909 to elect the second term of the Grand and General Council.[1] It was the first election held in the country under universal suffrage.

1909 San Marino general election
June 19, 1909
20 (out of the 60) seats to the Grand and General Council
Turnout74.8%
  Majority party
 
Party Nonpartisan
Last election 60
Seats won 60
Seat change
Popular vote 1,268
Percentage 100.0%

Electoral law

According to the decisions of the Meeting of 1906, a third of the seats in the Grand and General Council should be renewed every three years; to do so, councillors elected in 1906 had been divided into three classes, under the model of the Senate of the United States, by random sortition. The age limit to be an elector was lowered from 25 to 21 on 5 July 1906, but a major change occurred on 6 May 1909, when the Council passed a law establishing male universal suffrage in the country.[2] In addition, the ancient constituency of City of San Marino was divided in two, ceding 10 seats to new constituency of Borgo Maggiore.

All councillors were elected in their constituency using a plurality-at-large voting, a non-partisan system. However, as happened in 1906, candidates elected generally belonged to the liberal group which had supported the democratic action of the Citizenry Meeting or, more, were members of the sole organized party of the country, the Sammarinese Socialist Party. If the political composition of the council did not change significantly, this time the Socialists refused to join the government they left in 1907 after disagreements around industrial and religious themes.[3]

Electoral system

Voters had to be citizens of San Marino, male, the head of the family and 24 years old.

Results
Party Votes % Seats
Formally non-partisans1,268100.020
Invalid/blank votes28––
Total1,296100.020
Registered voters/turnout1,73274.8–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1678 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Grand and General Council database. (it.)
  3. "Party of Socialists and Democrats of San Marino (it.)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
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