Socialist Party (San Marino)

The Socialist Party (Italian: Partito Socialista, PS) is a moderate social-democratic[2] political party in San Marino. The party was founded on 30 May 2012 as a merger of the New Socialist Party and Sammarinese Reformist Socialist Party.

Socialist Party
Partito Socialista
AbbreviationPS
LeaderAlessandro Mancini[1]
Founded30 May 2012 (2012-05-30)
Merger ofNPS, PSRS
Preceded byFreedom List
HeadquartersVia XXVIII Luglio, 218. Borgo Maggiore
IdeologySocial democracy[2]
Third Way[2]
Pro-Europeanism[3]
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationLibera-PS/PSD
Italian counterpartsNew Italian Socialist Party
Colours  Light blue
  Red
Grand and General Council
6 / 60
Website
partitosocialista.sm

During the Sammarinese election of 2012 the party joined the unsuccessful centrist coalition of the Agreement for the Country, even if the party itself obtained quite good results gaining 7 seats.

The party contested the 2016 general election as part of San Marino First, along with the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party and Party of Socialists and Democrats (PSD). The alliance formed the opposition to the Adesso.sm alliance led by the Democratic Socialist Left, which one the second round runoff election on 4 December 2016.

The party has been characterised as "friendly" by the former Foreign Minister of South Ossetia.[4]

In April 2024 the party launched an alliance with the PSD and Libera San Marino for the 2024 general election,[5][6] within which the PS and Libera share an electoral list.[7]

Electoral history

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Grand and General Council
Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government
2012 Augusto Casali 2,393 12.10 (#3)
7 / 60
New Coalition
2016 Alessandro Mancini 1,496 7.70 (#6)
3 / 60
  7 Opposition
2019 2,359 13.13 (#4)
(NplR)
4 / 60
  1 Coalition

References

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  1. ^ https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/composizione/gruppi-consiliari/elenco-gruppi-consiliari.html Elenco Gruppi Consoliari
  2. ^ a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2012). "San Marino". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Referendum Europa: il Ps è per il sì" (in Italian). San Marino RTV. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. ^ Sidelnikova, Maria (12 March 2012). "David Sanakoyev: "We should learn to live in peace"". vestnikkavkaza.ru. Vestnik Kavkaza. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  5. ^ https://www.libertas.sm/elezioni-a-san-marino-la-coalizione-libera-ps-psd-si-presenta-video/ [bare URL]
  6. ^ https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/news/politica-c2/libera-e-psd-dicono-si-alla-coalizione-a257857 [bare URL]
  7. ^ https://www.elezioni.sm/on-line/home/elezioni-politiche/elezioni-del-09062024/pubblicazione-elezioni-politiche-2024.html [bare URL]