Socialists for Reform ( it, Socialisti per le Riforme, SR) was a political party 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 ...

History

The party was formed in December 1975 when the

Sammarinese Independent Democratic Socialist Party The Sammarinese Independent Democratic Socialist Party ( it, Partito Socialista Democratico Indipendente Sammarinese, PSDIS) was a social-democratic political party in San Marino. Its Italian counterpart was the Italian Democratic Socialist Party. ...

split into two; the more left-wing faction of five MPs formed the Unitary Socialist Party and the moderate faction of three MPs formed the Party of Socialist Democracy (''Partito di Democrazia Socialista'').Vincent E. McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe: Poland-Yugoslavia'', Greenwood Press, p816 In the 1978 elections the new party received 4.2% of the vote, winning two 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 ...

. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1688–1691 By the

1983 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1983. Africa * 1983 Cameroonian parliamentary election * 1983 Equatorial Guinean legislative election * 1983 Kenyan general election * 1983 Malagasy parliamentary election * 1983 Malawian general elec ...

the party had been renamed the Sammarinese Socialist Democratic Party (''Partito Socialista Democratico Sanmmarinese''). Its vote share dropped to 2.9% and it was reduced to a single seat. In the

1988 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1988. Africa * 1988 Cameroonian general election * 1988 Equatorial Guinean legislative election * 1988 Kenyan general election * 1988 Malian parliamentary election * 1988 Rwandan parliamentary elect ...

the party's vote share fell again, this time to 1.1%, and it lost its only seat. It did not contest the 1993 elections The party was later renamed Socialists for Reform, and won two seats in the 1998 elections. In 2001 it merged with the

Sammarinese Democratic Progressive Party The Sammarinese Democratic Progressive Party (''Partito Progressista Democratico Sammarinese'', PPDS) was a democratic socialist political party in San Marino. Its Italian counterpart was the Democratic Party of the Left. The party was formed in 1 ...

to form the

Party of Democrats The Party of Democrats ( it, Partito dei Democratici, PD) was a social-democratic and democratic socialist political party in San Marino. Its counterpart in Italy was the Democrats of the Left. The PD had its origins in Sammarinese Communist Par ...

References

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