Pact for San Marino ( it, Patto per San Marino) was a

centrist Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to Left-w ...

coalition of parties for the 2008 general election 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 ...

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Social liberalism Social liberalism (german: Sozialliberalismus, es, socioliberalismo, nl, Sociaalliberalisme), also known as new liberalism in the United Kingdom, modern liberalism, or simply liberalism in the contemporary United States, left-liberalism ...

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Freedom List Freedom List ( it, Lista della Libertà, LdL) was an electoral alliance for the 2008 general election in San Marino, composed of: * New Socialist Party (social-democratic) * We Sammarinese (centrist) In the 2008 general election Freedom List ran ...

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Sammarinese People Sammarinese Populars ( it, Popolari Sammarinesi, PS) are a Christian-democratic political party in San Marino. History In the 2006 general election PS won 2.4% of the vote and 1 out of 60 seats in the Grand and General Council. Since 2008 it h ...

Conservatism Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilizati ...

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Sammarinese National Alliance Sammarinese National Alliance ( it, Alleanza Nazionale Sammarinese, ANS) was a national-conservative political party in San Marino. Its Italian counterpart was the National Alliance. In the 2006 general election ANS won 2.3% of the vote and 1 ou ...

, National conservatism

Election results and summary

The electoral coalition won 35 seats out of 60 in the

Grand and General Council The Grand and General Council ( it, Consiglio Grande e Generale) is the parliament of San Marino. The council has 60 members elected for a five-year term. History From the fifth century San Marino was ruled by an assembly composed by all t ...

in the

Sammarinese parliamentary election, 2008 Snap general elections were held in San Marino on 9 November 2008. They were called after the collapse of the centre-left government which had won the previous 2006 elections. In June 2008, due to disagreements within the coalition partners, the ...

gaining 54.22% of the national vote and an automatic governmental majority of 5 and became the new government of

with Ernesto Benedettini of 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 ...

and

Assunta Meloni Assunta "Tina" Meloni (born 21 April 1951) is a politician of San Marino. She was Captain Regent of San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic o ...

of Popular Alliance becoming

Captains Regent of San Marino The Captains Regent ( Italian: ''Capitani reggenti'') are the two heads of state of the Republic of San Marino. They are elected every six months by the Grand and General Council, the country's legislative body. Normally the Regents are chose ...

, defeating the

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

Reforms and Freedom coalition which gained 25 seats in the Grand and General council and failed to get a governing majority. Pact for San Marino replaced the previous

governing coalition of

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 ...

, United Left and Popular Alliance. The alliance collapsed in 2011, with

returning to the old governing alliance between Christian Democrats, Socialists and Liberals. Defunct political party alliances in San Marino