San Marino has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
Parties with representation in the Great and General Council:
Name | Abbr. | Leader | Ideology | Grand Councillors | Political position | Alliance members | |||
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Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese | PDCS | Gian Carlo Venturini | Christian democracy | 22 / 60 | Centre-right | – | |||
Free San Marino/Socialist Party Libera San Marino/Partito Socialista | Libera/PS | Paolo Albani | Social democracy Pro-Europeanism | 10 / 60 | Centre-left | Libera | |||
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Party of Socialists and Democrats Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici | PSD | Milena Gasperoni | Social democracy Pro-Europeanism | 8 / 60 | Centre-left | – | |||
Future Republic Repubblica Futura | RF | Mario Venturini | Liberalism Centrism Pro-Europeanism | 8 / 60 | Centre-right | – | |||
Tomorrow — Free Movement Domani — Motus Liberi | DML | Lorenzo Forcellini Reffi | Liberalism | 5 / 60 | Centre-right | – | |||
Reformist Alliance Alleanza Riformista | AR | Andreina Bartolini | Liberalism Christian democracy | 4 / 60 | Centre-right | – | |||
RETE Civic Movement Movimento Civico RETE | RETE | Gloria Arcangeloni | Environmentalism | 3 / 60 | Left-wing | – |
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