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on 9 November 2008. They were called after the collapse of the centre-left government which had won the previous

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. In June 2008, due to disagreements within the coalition partners, the

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(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,

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(SpL) and Centre Democrats (DdC), but two dissenting members of PSD left their party and formed

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(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:

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(centre-right) and Reforms and Freedom (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'') * Reforms and Freedom (''Riforme e Libertà'')

Pact for San Marino

Reforms and Freedom

Results

References

{{Sammarinese elections General elections in San Marino

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