1906 San Marino general election explained

Country:San Marino
Flag Year:1862
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:March 1906
Next Election:1909
Election Date:10 June 1906
Seats For Election:All 60 seats in the Grand and General Council
Majority Seats:31
Turnout:86.28% (31.78pp)
First Election:yes
Noleader:yes
Party1:Independents
Seats1:60
Percentage1:100%

General elections were held in San Marino on 10 June 1906.[1]

Electoral system

The electoral law to was passed on 5 May by the Council elected in March.[2] All householders and graduates over 25 years of age could vote. The republic was divided in nine multi-member constituencies according to their population; the City of San Marino had 22 seats, Serravalle had 12 seats, Faetano had 6 seats, Acquaviva, Chiesanuova, Domagnano and Montegiardino had 4 seats, and Fiorentino and San Giovanni had 2 seats

All councillors were elected in their constituency using a plurality-at-large voting.

Results

Elected candidates belonged to the liberal group which had supported the democratic action of the citizenry meeting or were members of the sole organised party, the Sammarinese Socialist Party, which claimed to have won 29 seats.[3] These two factions formed the first democratic government of the country.

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. http://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/archivio-leggi-decreti-e-regolamenti.html?P0_path=%2Fhome%2Ftomcat%2Findicizzazione%2Findexleggi&P0_paginazione=15&P0_pagina=1&P0_orderBy=index_lucene%2Cdata_ordered%2Cnumero&P0_order=asc%2Cdesc%2Cdesc&P0_operatorMustBe=yes&P0_title=&P0_tipo=&P0_numero=&P0_anno=1906&annoiniziale=&annofinale=&P0_data_gg=&P0_data_mm=&P0_data_aa=&P0_document=&P0_data_ordered=&indicericerca=-1&x=20&y=13 Grand and General Council database. (it.)
  3. Web site: Party of Socialist and Democrats of San Marino (it.) . 2013-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222231706/http://www.psd.sm/area/altri/enti/democratici/doc/doc100/nuovo_titano%20B%20.pdf . 2014-02-22 . dead .