SAN MARINO

ELECTORAL SYSTEM
 
Chamber:
  Consiglio grande e generale
 
Electoral Law:
  23 December 1958
 
 
Constituencies:
  33 single or multi-member constituencies.
 
Voting System:
  Party-list system with proportional representation of seats using the d'Hondt method. Voters indicate their preference either for a list or for a maximum of six candidates.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled by the candidate from the same party list who received the next largest number of votes. The Great and General Council is wholly renewed if it loses one half plus one of its members.
Voting is not compulsory.
 
Voter requirements:
  - age: 18 years
- San Marino citizenship
- full possession of civil and political rights
- disqualifications: mental illness, deprivation of full legal capacity, conviction for electoral offences or crimes punished by detention of more than one year
 
Eligibility:
  - qualified electors
- age: 25 years
- San Marino citizenship
- literacy
- domicile in San Marino
- ineligibilities: persons holding ecclesiastical offices or titles
 
Incompatibilities:
  - consuls and honorary consuls of foreign States
- members of the police or security forces
- spouses, parents and children of Deputies
 
Candidacy requirements:
  - candidature must be submitted by political parties


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