2003 Sammarinese local elections

The 2003 Sammarinese local elections were held on 30 November to elect the mayors and the councils of the nine municipalities of San Marino. Overall turnout was 55.4%. The election in Borgo Maggiore was declared invalid, as the turnout quorum was not reached. Therefore, a second election was held on 18 April 2004.[1][2]

Electoral system

Voters elected the mayor (Italian: capitano di castello) and the municipal council (giunta di castello). The number of seats was determined by law: the city councils of Chiesanuova, Faetano and Montegiardino were composed of eight members; the councils of Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, City of San Marino, Domagnano, Fiorentino and Serravalle were composed of 10 members.

Candidates ran on lists led by a mayoral candidate. Voters elected a list and were allowed to give up to two preferential votes. Seats were allocated with the d'Hondt method if the winner had obtained at least 60% of the votes. Otherwise, six seats would have been allocated to the winning party (five seats if the council had eight members) and the rest of the seats would have been allocated using the d'Hondt method to the rest of the parties. The winning list mayoral candidate was proclaimed mayor.

In the municipalities where only one list contested the election, the election was considered valid if the turnout was over 50% and the votes to the list were over 50% of the valid votes (votes to the list plus blank votes).[3]

Results

Acquaviva

List	Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
List A	Silvano Semprini	596	100	8
Blank votes		31	–	–
Invalid votes		25	–	–
Total		652	100	8
Registered voters		1,119	58.3	–

Borgo Maggiore

List	Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
List A	Valeriano Zavoli	1,828	100	10
Blank votes		132	–	–
Invalid votes		216	–	–
Total		2176	100	10
Registered voters		4,382	49.7	–

The election was declared invalid as the turnout quorum was not reached. The elections were repeated on 18 April 2004.

Chiesanuova

List	Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
List A	Anna Maria Muccioli	345	100	8
Blank votes		20	–	–
Invalid votes		35	–	–
Total		400	100	8
Registered voters		687	58.2	–

City of San Marino

List	Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
List A	Alessandro Barulli	894	55.2	6
List B	Paola Mai	727	44.8	4
Blank votes		70	–	–
Invalid votes		87	–	–
Total		1,778	100	10
Registered voters		3,424	51.9	–

Domagnano

List	Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
List A	Pier Marino Felici	717	62.3	6
List B	Gianni Selva	433	37.7	4
Blank votes		40	–	–
Invalid votes		57	–	–
Total		1,247	100	10
Registered voters		1,940	64.3	–

Faetano

List	Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
List A	Pier Marino Bedetti	420	100	8
Blank votes		14	–	–
Invalid votes		20	–	–
Total		454	100	8
Registered voters		744	61	–

Fiorentino

List	Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
List B	Alfredo Amici	608	65.6	7
List A	Georges Santi	319	34.4	3
Blank votes		19	–	–
Invalid votes		40	–	–
Total		986	100	10
Registered voters		1,502	65.6	–

Montegiardino

List	Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
List B	Italo Righi	298	68.5	5
List A	Edoardo Bollini	137	31.5	3
Blank votes		10	–	–
Invalid votes		13	–	–
Total		458	100	8
Registered voters		570	80.4	–

Serravalle

List	Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
List A	Gian Carlo Capicchioni	1,821	60.7	6
List B	Riccardo Faetanini	1,178	39.3	4
Blank votes		115	–	–
Invalid votes		332	–	–
Total		3,446	100	10
Registered voters		6,573	52.4	–

References

1. Segreteria di Stato per gli Affari Interni - Elezioni dei Capitani e delle Giunte di Castello del 30 novembre 2003
2. Segreteria di Stato per gli Affari Interni - Elezione del Capitano di Castello e della Giunta di Borgo Maggiore del 18 aprile 2004
3. Segreteria di Stato per gli Affari Interni - Come si vota nelle elezioni del 30/11/2003

External links

• Election results
• Elections in San Marino