2012 San Marino general election

← 2008 11 November 2012 2016 →
All 60 seats in the Grand and General Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	63.85% (4.63pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– SMBC Pasquale Valentini 50.70 35 −12 IpP Gian Marco Marcucci 22.28 12 +10 CA Gastone Pasolini 16.07 9 +4 RETE Gloria Arcangeloni 6.29 4 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Secretary for Foreign Affairs before Secretary for Foreign Affairs after Antonella Mularoni PDCS Pasquale Valentini PDCS

General elections were held in San Marino on 11 November 2012.^[1] The 60 seats in the Grand and General Council were up for grabs. The elections were held using the majority bonus system. The previous election, held in 2008, provided the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party with the largest single parliamentary group. The Party of Socialists and Democrats, although winning more votes than the former, became the main opposition party.

However, for the 2012 elections, the two parties decided to run together, under the banner of the coalition San Marino Common Good. They were joined by the Popular Alliance. Meanwhile, the remaining major parties formed the coalitions Agreement for the Country and Active Citizenship, politically placed in the center and on the left, respectively.

Coalitions and parties

The incumbent Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (PDCS) is leading a coalition called San Marino Common Good. It was contested by another coalition under the banner Agreement for the Country and a third coalition is called Active Citizenship. Apart from the coalitions, there are also three more parties running on their own: For San Marino, the RETE Movement and San Marino 3.0.^[2]

There were 356 candidates for the 60 seats.^[2]

Voting centres were open from 7:00 to 20:00.

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	San Marino Common Good		Christian Democrats–We Sammarineses	5,828	29.47	21
			Party of Socialists and Democrats	2,832	14.32	10
			Popular Alliance	1,319	6.67	4
			Coalition votes	49	0.25	–
		Total		10,028	50.70	35
	Agreement for the Country		Socialist Party	2,393	12.10	7
			Union for the Republic	1,651	8.35	5
			Sammarinese Moderates	340	1.72	0
			Coalition votes	23	0.12	–
		Total		4,407	22.28	12
	Active Citizenship		United Left	1,808	9.14	5
			Civic 10	1,325	6.70	4
			Coalition votes	46	0.23	–
		Total		3,179	16.07	9
	RETE Movement			1,244	6.29	4
	For San Marino			556	2.81	0
	San Marino 3.0			364	1.84	0
Total				19,778	100.00	60
Valid votes				19,778	93.57
Invalid/blank votes				1,360	6.43
Total votes				21,138	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				33,106	63.85
Source: San Marino State Secretary of Internal Affairs

Twenty MPs were new to the council, and 10 MPs were women.^[3] Additionally, 1,356 of the voting cards had obscene drawings on them, a total of 6.41%, and a high number of void ballots led to accusations of a scandal.^[4]