2008 Italian general election in Lombardy

2008 Italian general election in Lombardy
← 2006 April 13, 2008 2013 →
All 98 seats in the Italian Chamber of Deputies
47 Lombard seats in the Italian Senate
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Silvio Berlusconi Walter Veltroni
Party People of Freedom Democratic Party
Alliance Silvio Berlusconi Walter Veltroni
Last election 50 & 27 seats
49.0%, total 57.0% 		48 & 20 seats
28.7%, total 43.1%
Seats won 62 (H)
30 (S) 		32 (H)
17 (S)
Seat change +15 -19
Popular vote 3,387,180 1,972,981
Percentage 55.1% 32.1%
Swing +6.1% +3.4%

The 2008 Italian general election took place on 13–14 April 2008.[1]

The election was won in Lombardy 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 33.5%, ahead of the Democratic Party (28.1%) and Lega Nord (21.6%).

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Coalition leaders votes votes (%) seats Party votes votes (%) seats
Silvio Berlusconi 3,387,180 55.1 62 The People of Freedom 2,059,231 33.5 37
Lega Nord 1,327,949 21.6 25
Walter Veltroni 1,972,981 32.1 32 Democratic Party 1,727,006 28.1 28
Italy of Values 245,975 4.0 4
Pier Ferdinando Casini 261,293 4.3 5 Union of the Centre 261,293 4.3 5
Fausto Bertinotti 180,621 2.9 - The Left – The Rainbow 180,621 2.9 -
Daniela Santanchè 130,324 2.1 - The Right 130,324 2.1 -
Enrico Boselli 37,349 0.6 - Socialist Party 37,349 0.6 -
Marco Ferrando 33,646 0.5 - Workers' Communist Party 33,646 0.5 -
Giuliano Ferrara 28,439 0.5 - Abortion? No, thanks 28,439 0.5 -
Others 110,214 1.8 - Others 110,214 1.8 -
Total coalitions 6,142,028 100.0 98 Total parties 6,142,028 100.0 98

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Popular vote (Parties)
The People of Freedom
 
 33.5%
Democratic
 
 28.1%
Lega Nord
 
 21.6%
UDC
 
 4.3%
Italy of Values
 
 4.0%
The Left – The Rainbow
 
 2.9%
The Right
 
 2.1%
Others
 
 4.6%
Popular vote (Coalitions)
Berlusconi coalition
 
 55.1%
Veltroni coalition
 
 32.1%
Others
 
 13.9%

Senate

Main article: 2008 Italian Senate election in Lombardy
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

MPs elected in Lombardy

Chamber of Deputies

Lombardy 1 (Milano-Monza)

The People of Freedom
Democratic Party
Lega Nord
Italy of Values
Union of the Centre

Lombardy 2 (Bergamo-Brescia-Como-Sondrio-Varese-Lecco)

The People of Freedom
Lega Nord
Democratic Party
Union of the Centre
Italy of Values

Lombardy 3 (Cremona-Mantova-Pavia-Lodi)

The People of Freedom
Democratic Party
Lega Nord
Union of the Centre

Senate

The People of Freedom

Democratic Party

Lega Nord

Italy of Values

References

  1. ^ Newell, J. L. (March 2009). Newell, J. L. (ed.). The Italian general election of 2008: Berlusconi strikes back. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-22407-0.