General elections were held in

San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

on 10 June 1906.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1678

Electoral system

The

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to was passed on 5 May by the Council elected in March. All

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ers and

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over 25 years of age could vote. The republic was divided in nine multi-member constituencies according to their population; the

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had 22 seats, Serravalle had 12 seats,

Faetano Faetano is one of the 9 communes or ''castelli'' of San Marino. It has 1,177 inhabitants (May 2018) in an area of 7.75 km2. Geography It borders the Sammarinese municipalities of Montegiardino, Fiorentino, Borgo Maggiore, and Domagnano a ...

had 6 seats, Acquaviva,

Chiesanuova Chiesanuova ( rgn, Cisanòva) is a minor municipality of San Marino. It has a population of 1,143 inhabitants (May 2018) in an area of 5.46 km2. Etymology From Italian language, Italian ''chiesa'' ("church") + ''nuova'', feminine singular o ...

Domagnano Domagnano is a municipality in San Marino. It has 3,565 inhabitants (May 2018) in an area of 6.62 km2. Geography It borders the San Marino municipalities Faetano, Borgo Maggiore, Serravalle and the Italian municipality Coriano. History Doma ...

and

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had 4 seats, and

Fiorentino Fiorentino is one of the 9 communes or ''castelli'' of the Republic of San Marino. It has 2,548 inhabitants (May 2018) in an area of . Geography It borders the San Marino municipalities Chiesanuova, San Marino, Borgo Maggiore, Faetano, and Mon ...

and San Giovanni had 2 seats All councillors were elected in their constituency using a

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Results

Elected candidates belonged to the

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group which had supported the democratic action of the citizenry meeting or were members of the sole organised party, the

Sammarinese Socialist Party The Sammarinese Socialist Party ( it, Partito Socialista Sammarinese, PSS) was a socialist and, later, social-democratic political party in San Marino. Its Italian counterpart was the Italian Socialist Party and its international affiliation was w ...

, which claimed to have won 29 seats. These two factions formed the first democratic government of the country.

References

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General elections in San Marino

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Non-partisan elections Sammarinese general election