1998 Sammarinese local elections

The 1998 Sammarinese local elections were held on 13 December to elect the mayors and the councils of Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, Faetano, Fiorentino and Serravalle in San Marino. Overall turnout was 64.0%.[1]

Electoral system

Voters elected the mayor (Italian: capitano di castello) and the municipal council (giunta di castello). The number of seats was determined by law: the city councilsof Acquaviva, Faetano and Fiorentino were composed of eight members; the councils of Borgo Maggiore and Serravalle were composed of 10 members.

Candidates 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 60% of the votes. Otherwise, six seats would have been allocated to the winning party (five seats where the council was composed of eight seats) and the rest of the seats would have been allocated using the d'Hondt method to the rest of the parties. The winning list mayoral candidate was proclaimed mayor.

In the municipalities where only one list contested the election, the election was considered valid if the turnout was over 50% and the votes to the list were over 50% of the valid votes (votes to the list plus blank votes).

Results

Acquaviva

List	Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
List A	Silvano Semprini	375	58	5
List B	Maria Sonia Casadei	271	42	3
Blank votes		15	–	–
Invalid votes		33	–	–
Total		694	100	8
Registered voters		938	74	–

Borgo Maggiore

List	Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
List A	Pier Orazio Pignatta	1,298	60.7	6
List B	Fabio Canini	841	39.3	4
Blank votes		95	–	–
Invalid votes		116	–	–
Total		2,350	100	10
Registered voters		3,946	59.6	–

Faetano

List	Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
List A	Barbara Montanari	266	100	8
Blank votes		18	–	–
Invalid votes		73	–	–
Total		357	100	8
Registered voters		654	54.6	–

Fiorentino

List	Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
List B	Renzo Giudi	504	56.2	5
List C	Nella Casali	289	32.2	2
List A	Georges Santi	104	11.6	1
Blank votes		13	–	–
Invalid votes		58	–	–
Total		968	100	8
Registered voters		1,327	72.9	–

Serravalle

List	Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
List A	Luciana Giudi	2,126	62.1	6
List B	Fabio Mazza	1,299	37.9	4
Blank votes		91	–	–
Invalid votes		254	–	–
Total		3,770	100	10
Registered voters		5,852	64.4	–

References

1. Segreteria di Stato per gli Affari Interni - Elezione dei Capitano di Castello e delle Giunte di Castello del 13 diciembre 1998

External links

• Election results
• Elections in San Marino