The Centre Democrats ( it, Democratici di Centro, DdC) was a social Christian political party in

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. Its Italian counterpart was

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. It emerged in 2007 as a left-wing split from the

Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party The Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party ( it, Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese, PDCS) is a Christian-democratic political party in San Marino. The PDCS is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP), having joined the ...

. For the 2008 general election, the first elections the Centre Democrats have taken part in, the party was part of the

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coalition, centred on the

Party of Socialists and Democrats The Party of Socialists and Democrats ( it, Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici, PSD) is a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in San Marino. It is a member of the Socialist International, and observer member of the P ...

which won 25 seats out of 60 in the

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gaining 45.78% of the national vote. The Centre Democrats itself gained 2 seats out of the 25 the coalition and 4.94% of the national vote. On 4 March 2011, the party merged with

Euro-Populars for San Marino The Euro-Populars for San Marino ( it, Europopolari per San Marino, EPS) was a Christian democratic political party in San Marino. It emerged in September 2007 as a split from the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (PDCS). It held 5 seats out ...

to form the Union for the Republic.

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