Sammarinese Populars ( it, Popolari Sammarinesi, PS) are a

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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 ...

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 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 ...

. Since 2008 it has been part of the

Sammarinese Union of Moderates The Sammarinese Union of Moderates ( it, Unione Sammarinese dei Moderati, USDM) was a centre-right, Christian-democratic, national-conservative political coalition in San Marino. It was founded on 21 February 2008 and consisted of the Christian-d ...

together with

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 ...

and stood in opposition against the 2006-2008 coalition government of 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 ...

, Popular Alliance and United Left. In the 2008 general election the party participated within the

coalition that won 874 votes (4.17%) and got 2 seats. The Sammarinese Union of Moderates is part of the centre-right Pact for San Marino

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, which won 35 seats out of 60 in the

in the 2008 election, gaining 54.22% of the national vote and a governmental majority of 5 and has become the new government of San Marino and as a result the Sammarinese Populars which itself gained a few seats and a small percentage of the national vote as part of the coalition and as part of the Sammarinese Union of Moderates, is now part of the official new government.

References

External links

Official website
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