2008 Italian Senate election in Lombardy

2008 Italian Senate election in Lombardy
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All 47 Lombard seats in the Italian Senate
  First party Second party
 
Leader Silvio Berlusconi Walter Veltroni
Party People of Freedom Democratic Party
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
Last election 27 seats, 50.4%
57.0% as CdL 		20 seats, 27.3%
42.6% as Union
Seats won 30 17
Seat change Increase3 Increase3
Popular vote 3,139,694 1,823,835
Percentage 55.1% 32.0%
Swing Increase4.7% Increase4.7%
Local majority before election

Centre-right coalition

 New local majority

Centre-right coalition

Lombardy renewed its delegation to the Italian Senate on April 13, 2008. This election was a part of national Italian general election of 2008 even if, according to the Italian Constitution, every senatorial challenge in each Region is a single and independent race.

The election was won by the centre-right coalition between The People of Freedom and Lega Nord, as it happened at the national level. The People of Freedom was the largest party in the election with 34%, ahead of the Democratic Party (28%) and Lega Nord (21%). All provinces gave a majority or a plurality to the new Prime Minister of Italy.

Electoral law

The new electoral law for the Senate was established in 2005 by the Calderoli Law, and it is a form of semi-proportional representation. A party presents its own closed list and it can join other parties in alliances. The coalition which receives a plurality automatically wins at least 26 seats. Respecting this condition, seats are divided between coalitions, and subsequently to party lists, using the largest remainder method with a Hare quota. To receive seats, a party must overcome the barrage of 8% of the vote if it contests a single race, or of 3% of the vote if it runs in alliance.

Results

Coalition leader votes votes (%) seats Party votes votes (%) swing seats change
Silvio Berlusconi 3,139,694 55.1 30 The People of Freedom 1,959,681 34.4 -3.6 19 0
Lega Nord 1,180,013 20.7 +9.6 11 +6
Walter Veltroni 1,823,835 32.0 17 Democratic Party 1,607,928 28.2 +5.8 15 +2
Italy of Values 215,907 3.8 +1.2 2 +2
Pier Ferdinando Casini 240,481 4.2 - Union of the Centre 240,481 4.2 -1.7 - -3
Fausto Bertinotti 183,061 3.2 - The Left – The Rainbow 183,061 3.2 -8.6 - -7
Daniela Santanchè 93,077 1.6 - The Right – Tricolour Flame 93,077 1.6 +0.5 - -
Eva Rossi 45,622 0.8 - Lega per l'Autonomia – Alleanza Lombarda 45,622 0.8 -0.8 - -
Enrico Boselli 30,745 0.5 - Socialist Party 30,745 0.5 -1.7 - -
Marco Ferrando 27,141 0.5 - Workers' Communist Party 27,141 0.5 +0.5 - -
Renzo Rabellino 25,866 0.5 - List of Talking Crickets 25,866 0.5 +0.5 - -
Others 86,632 1.5 - Others 86,632 1.5 -1.7 - -
Total coalitions 5,696,154 100.0 47 Total parties 5,696,154 100.0 = 47 =

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Lombard delegation to Senate

The People of Freedom

Democratic Party

Lega Nord

Italy of Values

See also