2008 Italian Senate election in Lombardy

none 2008 Italian Senate election in Lombardy Lombardy parliamentary no 2006 Italian Senate election in Lombardy 2006 2013 Italian Senate election in Lombardy 2013 All 47 Lombard seats in the Italian Senate April 13, 2008 118px Silvio Berlusconi The People of Freedom Centre-right coalition (Italy) 27 seats, 50.4% 57.0% as CdL 30 3 3,139,694 55.1% 4.7% 140px Walter Veltroni Democratic Party (Italy) Centre-left coalition (Italy) 20 seats, 27.3% 42.6% as Union 17 3 1,823,835 32.0% 4.7% Local majority New local majority Centre-right coalition 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 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Coalition leader ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |votes ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |votes (%) ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |seats ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Party ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |votes ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |votes (%) ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |swing ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |seats ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" |change |- ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Silvio Berlusconi | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |3,139,694 | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |55.1 | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |30 | style="text-align:left;" |The People of Freedom | style="vertical-align:top;" |1,959,681 | style="vertical-align:top;" |34.4 | style="vertical-align:top;" |-3.6 | style="vertical-align:top;" |19 | style="vertical-align:top;" |0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Lega Nord | style="vertical-align:top;" |1,180,013 | style="vertical-align:top;" |20.7 | style="vertical-align:top;" |+9.6 | style="vertical-align:top;" |11 | style="vertical-align:top;" |+6 |- ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Walter Veltroni | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |1,823,835 | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |32.0 | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |17 | style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Party | style="vertical-align:top;" |1,607,928 | style="vertical-align:top;" |28.2 | style="vertical-align:top;" |+5.8 | style="vertical-align:top;" |15 | style="vertical-align:top;" |+2 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Italy of Values | style="vertical-align:top;" |215,907 | style="vertical-align:top;" |3.8 | style="vertical-align:top;" |+1.2 | style="vertical-align:top;" |2 | style="vertical-align:top;" |+2 |- ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Pier Ferdinando Casini | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |240,481 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |4.2 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="text-align:left;" |Union of the Centre | style="vertical-align:top;" |240,481 | style="vertical-align:top;" |4.2 | style="vertical-align:top;" |-1.7 | style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="vertical-align:top;" |-3 |- ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Fausto Bertinotti | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |183,061 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |3.2 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="text-align:left;" |The Left – The Rainbow | style="vertical-align:top;" |183,061 | style="vertical-align:top;" |3.2 | style="vertical-align:top;" |-8.6 | style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="vertical-align:top;" |-7 |- ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Daniela Santanchè | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |93,077 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |1.6 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="text-align:left;" |The Right – Tricolour Flame | style="vertical-align:top;" |93,077 | style="vertical-align:top;" |1.6 | style="vertical-align:top;" |+0.5 | style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="vertical-align:top;" |- |- ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Eva Rossi | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |45,622 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |0.8 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="text-align:left;" |Lega per l'Autonomia – Alleanza Lombarda | style="vertical-align:top;" |45,622 | style="vertical-align:top;" |0.8 | style="vertical-align:top;" |-0.8 | style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="vertical-align:top;" |- |- ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Enrico Boselli | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |30,745 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party | style="vertical-align:top;" |30,745 | style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5 | style="vertical-align:top;" |-1.7 | style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="vertical-align:top;" |- |- ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Marco Ferrando | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |27,141 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="text-align:left;" |Workers' Communist Party | style="vertical-align:top;" |27,141 | style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5 | style="vertical-align:top;" |+0.5 | style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="vertical-align:top;" |- |- ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Renzo Rabellino | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |25,866 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="text-align:left;" |List of Talking Crickets | style="vertical-align:top;" |25,866 | style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5 | style="vertical-align:top;" |+0.5 | style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="vertical-align:top;" |- |- ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Others | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |86,632 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |1.5 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="text-align:left;" |Others | style="vertical-align:top;" |86,632 | style="vertical-align:top;" |1.5 | style="vertical-align:top;" |-1.7 | style="vertical-align:top;" |- | style="vertical-align:top;" |- |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Total coalitions ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |5,696,154 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |100.0 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |47 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Total parties ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |5,696,154 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |100.0 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |= ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |47 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |= Source: Ministry of the Interior https://web.archive.org/web/20090214102831/http://politiche.interno.it/politiche/senato080413/S030000000.htm 2009-02-14 Lombard delegation to Senate The People of Freedom Roberto Formigoni (replaced by Riccardo Conti on 4 June 2008) Alfredo Mantica Ombretta Colli Guido Possa Alessio Butti Giampiero Cantoni Marcello Dell'Utri Mario Mantovani Romano Comincioli Antonino Caruso Luigi Scotti (replaced by Alessandra Gallone on 9 December 2008) Antonio Tomassini Giancarlo Serafini Giuseppe Valditara Giacomo Caliendo Salvatore Sciascia Valerio Carrara Alfredo Messina Pierfrancesco Gamba Democratic Party Umberto Veronesi Mauro Ceruti Pietro Ichino Emanuela Baio Gerardo D'Ambrosio Daniele Bosone Fiorenza Bassoli Tiziano Treu Luigi Vimercati Antonio Rusconi Guido Galperti Cinzia Fontana Giorgio Roilo Paolo Rossi Marilena Adamo Lega Nord Roberto Calderoli Giuseppe Leoni Rosi Mauro Massimo Garavaglia Cesarino Monti Roberto Mura Sandro Mazzatorta Lorenzo Bodega Fabio Rizzi Armando Valli Irene Aderenti Italy of Values Giuliana Carlino Gianpiero De Toni See also 2008 Italian general election Category:Italian Senate election in Lombardy Category:21st century in Lombardy Category:2008 elections in Italy