Grand and General Council

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The Grand and General Council (Consiglio Grande e Generale) 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 between its members the Congress of State, which is the government of the Republic.

Latest elections

Summary of the 9 November 2008 Grand and General Council of San Marino election results.

e • d **Summary of the 9 November 2008 **Grand and General Council** of San Marino election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party–Euro-Populars for San Marino–Arengo and Freedom	6,693	31.90%	22
Popular Alliance	2,417	11.52%	7
Freedom List	1,317	6.28%	4
Sammarinese Union of Moderates	874	4.17%	2
votes to the coalition	73	0.35%	—
Pact for San Marino	11,373	54.22%	35
Party of Socialists and Democrats–Sammarinese for Freedom	6,703	31.96%	18
United Left	1,797	8.57%	5
Centre Democrats	1,037	4.94%	2
votes to the coalition	65	0.31%	—
Reforms and Freedom	9,602	45.78%	25
Total valid votes (turnout: 68.48%)	20,975		60
Invalid/Blank votes	831
Total votes cast	21,806
Registered voters	31,845
Sources: Elezioni Politiche 2008 - Repubblica di San Marino (Italian)