2008 Italian general election in Lombardy
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All 98 seats in the Italian Chamber of Deputies 47 Lombard seats in the Italian Senate |
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| 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
Senate
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
- Gabriele Cimadoro
- Anita Di Giuseppe
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
- Antonello Soro
- Luciano Pizzetti
- Maurizio Turco
- Angelo Zucchi
- Marco Carra
Lega Nord
- Andrea Gibelli (replaced by Marco Maggioni on 18 May 2010)
- Giovanni Fava
- Alberto Torazzi
Union of the Centre
- Anna Formisano (replaced by Pietro Marcazzan on 16 September 2010)
Senate
The People of Freedom
Democratic Party
Lega Nord
Italy of Values
- Giuliana Carlino
- Giuseppe Astore
References
- ^ 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.
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