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1926 San Marino general election

National election

Field	Value
country	San Marino
flag_year	1862
previous_election	1923
next_election	1932
election_date	12 December 1926
seats_for_election	All 60 seats in the Grand and General Council
majority_seats	31
turnout	56.79% (21.32pp)
leader1	Giuliano Gozi
party1	Sammarinese Fascist Party
last_election1	29
seats1	60
percentage1	100%

General elections were held in San Marino on 12 December 1926 to elect the eighth term of the Grand and General Council. It was a sham election, all opposition being prevented to participate by internal and Italian threats. After it had taken over the country in April 1923, the Sammarinese Fascist Party was the only party to contest the elections, winning all 60 seats, while the official report spoke of a sole dissident ballot. A new electoral law guaranteed safe undisputed seats to the two incumbent Captains Regents.

Background

After the Patriotic Bloc victory in 1923, San Marino had effectively become a puppet of Fascist Italy.

Benito Mussolini did not waste time to show his industriousness with propaganda goals, beginning the construction of a Rimini-San Marino railway which would become the visible symbol of his leadership over the small country.

Electoral system

The new electoral law of 11 November 1926, abolished universal suffrage to restore householders' ancient rights, established a copy of the Acerbo law, and extended the Council term to six years. More, even if this bloc voting system theorically allowed a small delegation of opposition candidates, Italian menaces prevented any other list outside the Sammarinese Fascist Party, which ran undisputed the snap election that was immediately called. San Marino consequently became a one-party state.

Voters had to be citizens of San Marino, male, 24 years old and meet at least one of the following requirements:

the head of the family,
a graduate,
belong to the militia,
have an annual income above 55 lire.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1678 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1670
Nohlen & Stöver, p1686
Nohlen & Stöver, p1690
[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=1926&annoiniziale=&annofinale=&P0_data_gg=&P0_data_mm=&P0_data_aa=&P0_document=&P0_data_ordered=&indicericerca=6.4653606&x=46&y=18&=&=&=&=& Grand and General Council database (it.) ]
[http://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/archivio-leggi-decreti-e-regolamenti/scheda17009788.html Sammarinese Parliament]

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