Socialist Party Partito Socialista | |
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| Abbreviation | PS |
| Leader | Alessandro Mancini[1] |
| Founded | 30 May 2012 (2012-05-30) |
| Merger of | NPS,PSRS |
| Preceded by | Freedom List |
| Headquarters | Via XXVIII Luglio 218, 47893Borgo Maggiore |
| Ideology | Social democracy[2] Third Way[2] Pro-Europeanism[3] |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Libera-PS/PSD |
| Italian counterparts | New Italian Socialist Party |
| Colours | Light blue Red |
| Grand and General Council | 6 / 60 |
| Website | |
| partitosocialista.sm | |
TheSocialist Party (Italian:Partito Socialista, PS) is amoderatesocial-democratic[2] political party inSan Marino. The party was founded on 30 May 2012 as a merger of theNew Socialist Party andSammarinese Reformist Socialist Party.
During theSammarinese election of 2012 the party joined the unsuccessfulcentrist coalition of theAgreement for the Country, even if the party itself obtained quite good results gaining 7 seats.
The party contested the2016 general election as part ofSan Marino First, along with theSammarinese Christian Democratic Party andParty of Socialists and Democrats (PSD). The alliance formed the opposition to the Adesso.sm alliance led by theDemocratic Socialist Left, which one the second round runoff election on 4 December 2016.
The party has been characterised as "friendly" by the formerForeign Minister of South Ossetia.[4]
In April 2024 the party launched an alliance with the PSD andLibera San Marino for the2024 general election,[5][6] within which the PS and Libera share an electoral list.[7]
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
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| 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 |
