Grand and General Council

Grand and General Council Consiglio Grande e Generale
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Captains Regent	Lorella Stefanelli Nicola Renzi Since 1 October 2015
Structure
Seats	60
Political groups	Government (35)      Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (21)      Party of Socialists and Democrats (10)      Popular Alliance (4) Opposition (25)      Socialist Party (7)      Union for the Republic (5)      United Left (5)      Civic10 (4)      RETE Movement (4)
Elections
Last election	11 November 2012
Meeting place
Palazzo Pubblico San Marino, San Marino
Website
Grand and General Council

The Grand and General Council (Italian: Consiglio Grande e Generalecode: it is deprecated ) is the parliament of San Marino. The council has 60 members elected for a five-year term.

The electoral law was based on proportional representation from 1945 to 2007. Since then, it is based on the electoral system of Italian municipalities. A majority of at least 35 seats is given to the winning coalition of parties which receives an absolute majority of votes at the first or the eventual second round of elections. Within single coalitions, seats are divided between the parties using a D'Hondt system. A 3.5% threshold exists, together with guarantees for female candidates.

The Council appoints from among its members the Congress of State, which is the executive branch of the government, and the Captains Regents, who serve as the heads of state.

The Council is the equivalent of the Roman Senate during the Roman Republic.

Latest elections

Summary of the November 11, 2012, Grand and General Council of San Marino election results.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Total San Marino Common Good		10,028	50.70	35	–
	Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party - We Sammarinese	5,828	29.47	21	–
	Party of Socialists and Democrats	2,832	14.32	10	–
	Popular Alliance	1,319	6.67	4	–3
	Direct votes for the coalition	49	0.25	–	–
Total Agreement for the Country		4,407	22.28	12	–
	Socialist Party	2,393	12.10	7	New
	Union for the Republic	1,651	8.35	5	New
	Sammarinese Moderates	340	1.72	0	–2
	Direct votes for the coalition	23	0.12	–	–
Total Active Citizenship		3,179	16.07	9	–
	United Left	1,808	9.14	5	0
	Civic 10	1,325	6.70	4	New
	Direct votes for the coalition	46	0.23	–	–
Total Others		2,164	10.94	4	–
	RETE Movement	1,244	6.29	4	New
	For San Marino	556	2.81	0	New
	San Marino 3.0	364	1.84	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		1,360	–	–	–
Total		21,138	100	60	0
Registered voters/turnout		33,106	63.85	–	–
Source: San Marino State Secretary of Internal Affairs

See also

• Politics of San Marino
• List of legislatures by country

External links

• Official website