1926 Sammarinese general election

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1926 San Marino general election
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←  1923 12 December 1926 1932  →
58 (out of the 60) seats to the Grand and General Council
Turnout56.8%
 Majority party
 
Party Fascist Party
Last election29 seats, inside the Bloc
Seats won60
Seat changeIncrease2.svg31
Popular vote2,444
Percentage100.0%

General elections were held in San Marino on 12 December 1926 to elect the eighth term of the Grand and General Council. [1] It was a sham election, all opposition being prevented to participate by internal and Italian threats. After it had taken over the country in April 1923, [2] the Sammarinese Fascist Party was the only party to contest the elections, [3] winning all 60 seats, [4] while the official report spoke of a sole dissident ballot. A new electoral law guaranteed safe undisputed seats to the two incumbent Captains Regents.

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History

After the Patriotic Bloc victory in 1923, San Marino had effectively become a puppet of Fascist Italy.

The new electoral law of November 11, 1926, abolished universal suffrage to restore householders' ancient rights, established a copy of the Acerbo law, and extended the Council term to six years. More, even if this bloc voting system theorically allowed a small delegation of opposition candidates, [5] Italian menaces prevented any other list outside the Sammarinese Fascist Party, which ran undisputed the snap election that was immediately called. San Marino consequently became a one-party state.

Benito Mussolini did not waste time to show his industriousness with propaganda goals, beginning the construction of a Rimini-San Marino railway which would become the visible symbol of his leadership over the small country.

Electoral system

Voters had to be citizens of San Marino, male, 24 years old and meet at least one of the following requirements:

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Sammarinese Fascist Party 2,444100.060
Invalid/blank votes1––
Total2,445100.060
Registered voters/turnout4,30556.8–
Source: Sammarinese Parliament

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References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1678 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1670
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1686
  4. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1690
  5. ↑ Grand and General Council database (it.)
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