Snap general elections were held in

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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

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 ...

(PSD), Popular Alliance (AP) and United Left (SU), AP left the coalition and the cabinet fell down. The PSD tried to form a narrow-majority coalition with SU and Sammarineses for Freedom (SpL), but two dissenting members of PSD left their party and formed

Arengo and Freedom Arengo and Freedom ( it, Arengo e Libertà, AL) was a liberal and social liberal political party in San Marino. It was founded in September 2008 by two splinters from the Party of Socialists and Democrats, Fabio Berardi and Nadia Ottaviani, both ...

(AL), leaving the proposed coalition without a majority in Parliament. Due to the new electoral law passed earlier in 2008 which introduced a number of changes (an electoral threshold of 3.5% and a majority premium for the winning coalition, on the example of the electoral system for the

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cities), the election was contested by two major coalitions:

Pact for San Marino Pact for San Marino ( it, Patto per San Marino) was a centrist coalition of parties for the 2008 general election in San Marino. It was composed of four lists for a total of eight parties: {, class=wikitable style=text-align:left , - !colspan=2 ...

(centre-right) and

Reforms and Freedom Reforms and Freedom ( it, Riforme e Libertà) was a left-wing coalition of parties for the 2008 general election in San Marino. {, class=wikitable style=text-align:left , - !colspan=2, Party !Ideology !Electoral list , - , bgcolor="#E60000" , ...

(centre-left).

Electoral system

Voters had to be citizens of San Marino and at least 18 years old.

Coalitions and parties

Due to the new electoral law, Sammarinese political parties are organized in two major coalitions: *

(''Patto per San Marino'') *

(''Riforme e Libertà'')

Pact for San Marino

Reforms and Freedom

Results

References

{{Sammarinese elections General elections in San Marino

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