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The 2020 San Marino local elections were held on 29 November, to elect the mayors and the councils of the 9 municipalities of San Marino.^[1] These elections were initially scheduled to take place on 15 December 2019, but were postponed to 21 June 2020 due to a snap general election called for 8 December. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, elections were postponed once again to 29 November 2020.

In September 2020, the Grand and General Council approved the passive suffrage for foreigners having resided in San Marino for a period of at least 10 years, as well a reduction of seats in the municipal councils.^[2]

Election system

Active and passive suffrage was entitled to resident Sammarineses over 18 years old, as well as foreigners having resided in San Marino for at least 10 years. Voters elected the mayor (Italian: capitano di castello) and the municipal council (giunta di castello). The number of councillors is defined according to the population:


Population	Councillors	Municipalities
< 2,500	6	Acquaviva, Chiesanuova, Faetano, Montegiardino
≥ 2,500	8	Borgo Maggiore, City of San Marino, Domagnano, Fiorentino, Serravalle
Source: Legge 24 settembre 2020 n.158

Candidates for the municipal councils 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 62.5% of the votes. Otherwise, five seats would have been allocated to the winning party (four seats if the council had six members) and the rest of the seats would have been allocated using the d'Hondt method to the rest of the parties. The mayoral candidate of the winning list was proclaimed mayor.

In case of a tie for the first position, a second round would have taken place between the two mayoral candidates. In case of a tie in the second round, the youngest candidate would be elected. In the municipalities where only one list contested the election, the election was considered valid if the turnout was over 35%.^[3]

Results

Overall turnout was 41.1%, 4.7pp lower than in 2014. The highest turnout was recorded in the smallest municipalities: Chiesanuova and Montegiardino.

Acquaviva


List		Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	Noi per Acquaviva	Enzo Semprini	621	100.00	6
Total			621	100.00	6

Valid votes			621	90.79
Invalid/blank votes			63	9.21
Total votes			684	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,615	42.35

Borgo Maggiore


List		Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	Tutti Insieme una Gran Famiglia	Barbara Bollini	1,873	100.00	8
Total			1,873	100.00	8

Valid votes			1,873	95.12
Invalid/blank votes			96	4.88
Total votes			1,969	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,248	37.52

Chiesanuova


List		Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	Chiesanuova Avanti	Marino Rosti	298	59.01	4
	Viviamo Chiesanuova	Fabio Mazza	207	40.99	2
Total			505	100.00	6

Valid votes			505	98.83
Invalid/blank votes			6	1.17
Total votes			511	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			885	57.74

City of San Marino


List		Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	Uniamo San Marino	Tommaso Rossini	575	43.76	5
	Città che riparte	Daniele Volpini	470	35.77	2
	Uniamocittà	Simona Capicchioni	269	20.47	1
Total			1,314	100.00	8

Valid votes			1,314	96.69
Invalid/blank votes			45	3.31
Total votes			1,359	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,233	42.04

Domagnano


List		Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	Domagnano al Centro	Marcello Andreani	1,033	100.00	8
Total			1,033	100.00	8

Valid votes			1,033	96.18
Invalid/blank votes			41	3.82
Total votes			1,074	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,738	39.23

Faetano


List		Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	Faetano Viva	Giorgio Moroni	399	100.00	6
Total			399	100.00	6

Valid votes			399	94.33
Invalid/blank votes			24	5.67
Total votes			423	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			928	45.58

Fiorentino


List		Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	Fiorentino Viva	Claudio Mancini	425	50.36	5
	Fiorentino da Vivere	Nicoletta Canini	419	49.64	3
Total			844	100.00	8

Valid votes			844	94.41
Invalid/blank votes			50	5.59
Total votes			894	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,987	44.99

Montegiardino


List		Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	Insieme per Montegiardino	Giacomo Rinaldi	413	100.00	6
Total			413	100.00	6

Valid votes			413	96.27
Invalid/blank votes			16	3.73
Total votes			429	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			727	59.01

Serravalle


List		Mayoral candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	Uncastello per tutti... Insieme si può	Roberto Ercolani	1,542	51.09	5
	Insieme per il castello	Giovanni Ragini	837	27.73	2
	Serravalle: un castello da vivere insieme	Vittorio Brigliadori	639	21.17	1
Total			3,018	100.00	8

Valid votes			3,018	95.18
Invalid/blank votes			153	4.82
Total votes			3,171	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			8,246	38.46