2020 San Marino local elections

The 2020 San Marino local elections were held on 29 November, to elect the mayors and the councils of the 9 municipalities of San Marino.[1] These elections were initially scheduled to take place on 15 December 2019, but were postponed to 21 June 2020 due to a snap general election called for 8 December. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, elections were postponed once again to 29 November 2020.

In September 2020, the Grand and General Council approved the passive suffrage for foreigners having resided in San Marino for a period of at least 10 years, as well a reduction of seats in the municipal councils.[2]

Election system

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Active and passive suffrage was entitled to resident Sammarineses over 18 years old, as well as foreigners having resided in San Marino for at least 10 years. Voters elected the mayor (Italian: capitano di castello) and the municipal council (giunta di castello). The number of councillors is defined according to the population:

Population Councillors Municipalities
< 2,500 6 Acquaviva, Chiesanuova, Faetano, Montegiardino
≥ 2,500 8 Borgo Maggiore, City of San Marino, Domagnano, Fiorentino, Serravalle
Source: Legge 24 settembre 2020 n.158

Candidates for the municipal councils 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 62.5% of the votes. Otherwise, five seats would have been allocated to the winning party (four seats if the council had six members) and the rest of the seats would have been allocated using the d'Hondt method to the rest of the parties. The mayoral candidate of the winning list was proclaimed mayor.

In case of a tie for the first position, a second round would have taken place between the two mayoral candidates. In case of a tie in the second round, the youngest candidate would be elected. In the municipalities where only one list contested the election, the election was considered valid if the turnout was over 35%.[3]

Results

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Overall turnout was 41.1%, 4.7pp lower than in 2014. The highest turnout was recorded in the smallest municipalities: Chiesanuova and Montegiardino.

Acquaviva

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ListMayoral candidateVotes%Seats
Noi per AcquavivaEnzo Semprini621100.006
Total621100.006
Valid votes62190.79
Invalid/blank votes639.21
Total votes684100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,61542.35

Borgo Maggiore

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ListMayoral candidateVotes%Seats
Tutti Insieme una Gran FamigliaBarbara Bollini1,873100.008
Total1,873100.008
Valid votes1,87395.12
Invalid/blank votes964.88
Total votes1,969100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,24837.52

Chiesanuova

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ListMayoral candidateVotes%Seats
Chiesanuova AvantiMarino Rosti29859.014
Viviamo ChiesanuovaFabio Mazza20740.992
Total505100.006
Valid votes50598.83
Invalid/blank votes61.17
Total votes511100.00
Registered voters/turnout88557.74

City of San Marino

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ListMayoral candidateVotes%Seats
Uniamo San MarinoTommaso Rossini57543.765
Città che riparteDaniele Volpini47035.772
UniamocittàSimona Capicchioni26920.471
Total1,314100.008
Valid votes1,31496.69
Invalid/blank votes453.31
Total votes1,359100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,23342.04

Domagnano

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ListMayoral candidateVotes%Seats
Domagnano al CentroMarcello Andreani1,033100.008
Total1,033100.008
Valid votes1,03396.18
Invalid/blank votes413.82
Total votes1,074100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,73839.23

Faetano

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ListMayoral candidateVotes%Seats
Faetano VivaGiorgio Moroni399100.006
Total399100.006
Valid votes39994.33
Invalid/blank votes245.67
Total votes423100.00
Registered voters/turnout92845.58

Fiorentino

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ListMayoral candidateVotes%Seats
Fiorentino VivaClaudio Mancini42550.365
Fiorentino da VivereNicoletta Canini41949.643
Total844100.008
Valid votes84494.41
Invalid/blank votes505.59
Total votes894100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,98744.99

Montegiardino

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ListMayoral candidateVotes%Seats
Insieme per MontegiardinoGiacomo Rinaldi413100.006
Total413100.006
Valid votes41396.27
Invalid/blank votes163.73
Total votes429100.00
Registered voters/turnout72759.01

Serravalle

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ListMayoral candidateVotes%Seats
Uncastello per tutti... Insieme si puòRoberto Ercolani1,54251.095
Insieme per il castelloGiovanni Ragini83727.732
Serravalle: un castello da vivere insiemeVittorio Brigliadori63921.171
Total3,018100.008
Valid votes3,01895.18
Invalid/blank votes1534.82
Total votes3,171100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,24638.46

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