1998 San Marino local elections

The 1998 San Marino local elections were held on 13 December to elect the mayors and the councils of Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, Faetano, Fiorentino and Serravalle in San Marino. Overall turnout was 64.0%. ^[1]

Electoral system

Voters elected the mayor (Italian: capitano di castello) and the municipal council (giunta di castello). The number of seats was determined by law: the city councils of Acquaviva, Faetano and Fiorentino were composed of eight members; the councils of Borgo Maggiore and Serravalle were composed of 10 members.

Candidates ran on lists led by a mayoral candidate. Voters elected a list and were allowed to give up to two preferential votes. Seats were allocated with the d'Hondt method if the winner had obtained at least 60% of the votes. Otherwise, six seats would have been allocated to the winning party (five seats where the council was composed of eight seats) and the rest of the seats would have been allocated using the d'Hondt method to the rest of the parties. The winning list mayoral candidate was proclaimed mayor.

In the municipalities where only one list contested the election, the election was considered valid if the turnout was over 50% and the votes to the list were over 50% of the valid votes (votes to the list plus blank votes).

Results

Acquaviva

Party		Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	List A	Silvano Semprini	375	58.05	5
	List B	Maria Sonia Casadei	271	41.95	3
Total			646	100.00	8
Valid votes			646	93.08
Invalid/blank votes			48	6.92
Total votes			694	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			938	73.99

Borgo Maggiore

Party		Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	List A	Pier Orazio Pignatta	1,298	60.68	6
	List B	Fabio Canini	841	39.32	4
Total			2,139	100.00	10
Valid votes			2,139	91.02
Invalid/blank votes			211	8.98
Total votes			2,350	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,946	59.55

Faetano

Party		Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	List A	Barbara Montanari	266	100.00	8
Total			266	100.00	8
Valid votes			266	74.51
Invalid/blank votes			91	25.49
Total votes			357	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			654	54.59

Fiorentino

Party		Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	List B	Renzo Giudi	504	56.19	5
	List C	Nella Casali	289	32.22	2
	List A	Georges Santi	104	11.59	1
Total			897	100.00	8
Valid votes			897	92.67
Invalid/blank votes			71	7.33
Total votes			968	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,327	72.95

Serravalle

Party		Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	List A	Luciana Giudi	2,126	62.07	6
	List B	Fabio Mazza	1,299	37.93	4
Total			3,425	100.00	10
Valid votes			3,425	90.85
Invalid/blank votes			345	9.15
Total votes			3,770	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,852	64.42

References

1. Segreteria di Stato per gli Affari Interni - Elezione dei Capitano di Castello e delle Giunte di Castello del 13 diciembre 1998

External links

• Election results
• Elections in San Marino