General elections were held in

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on 14 August 1955.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1678 Although the

Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party The Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (, 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 EPP in 1993. Its Italian counterpart was the no ...

remained the largest party, winning 23 of the 60 seats in the

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,Nohlen & Stöver, p1690 the

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of the

Sammarinese Communist Party The Sammarinese Communist Party (, abbreviated PCS) was a Marxist political party in the small European republic of San Marino. It was founded in 1921 as a section of the Communist Party of Italy (PCI). The organization existed for its first two de ...

and

Sammarinese Socialist Party The Sammarinese Socialist Party (, PSS) was a socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of ...

retained its majority.

Electoral system

Voters had to be citizens of San Marino, male and at least 24 years old.

Results

References

General elections in San Marino

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