1923 San Marino general election

Background

San Marino had been close to a civil war in 1921, with Socialist red forces on one side, and Christian Democratic white forces on the opposite side together with the Conservatives. The situation was so explosive that the government introduced a six-month censorship, and called a carabinieri garrison to restore order, while Fascist brigades from Italy entered San Marino without invitation. Meanwhile, Sammarinese authorities became closer to Italy, as underlined by the adoption of the anniversary of Italian victory in World War I as a public holiday.

When Benito Mussolini rose to power in Rome, he immediately managed to take control over the small republic of San Marino. The old Council was forcibly disbanded on 27 January 1923, and a snap election was consequently called. Fascist threats obtained their goal: the Socialist Party did not take part to the election and a sole, centre-right list called Patriotic Bloc ran undisputed. The Bloc was obviously dominated by the Sammarinese Fascist Party, which obtained the majority of seats together with their puppets Volunteers of War. The turnout was very low, with leftist electors boycotting the vote.

Twenty-nine year old Giuliano Gozi became the first Fascist Captain Regent in April 1923. The party political program was to dismantle all democratic reforms of the Meeting of 1906, and to emulate the Italian regime. A Sammarinese carabinieri corps was created, the anniversary of the March on Rome became a public holiday, and the Captains of the Castles of San Marino became appointed by the Captains Regents.

Electoral system

Voters had to be citizens of San Marino, male, the head of the family and 24 years old.

Results

References

References

1. [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1678 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1686
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1690
4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1670
5. Law 13 adopted on May 13, 1921. [http://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/archivio-leggi-decreti-e-regolamenti.html?P0_path=%2Fhome%2Ftomcat%2Findicizzazione%2Findexleggi&P0_paginazione=15&P0_pagina=3&P0_orderBy=index_lucene%2Cdata_ordered%2Cnumero&P0_order=asc%2Cdesc%2Cdesc&P0_operatorMustBe=yes&P0_title=&P0_tipo=&P0_numero=&P0_anno=1921&annoiniziale=&annofinale=&P0_data_gg=&P0_data_mm=&P0_data_aa=&P0_document=&P0_data_ordered=&indicericerca=5.9884367&x=36&y=11&=& Grand and General Council database ] (it.)
6. Law 33 adopted on November 16, 1922. [http://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/archivio-leggi-decreti-e-regolamenti.html?P0_path=%2Fhome%2Ftomcat%2Findicizzazione%2Findexleggi&P0_paginazione=15&P0_pagina=1&P0_orderBy=index_lucene%2Cdata_ordered%2Cnumero&P0_order=asc%2Cdesc%2Cdesc&P0_operatorMustBe=yes&P0_title=&P0_tipo=&P0_numero=&P0_anno=1922&annoiniziale=&annofinale=&P0_data_gg=&P0_data_mm=&P0_data_aa=&P0_document=&P0_data_ordered=&indicericerca=6.2646894&x=32&y=6&=&=& Grand and General Council database ] (it.)