The 2008 Italian general election took place on 13–14 April 2008.
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
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Coalition leaders ! 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;" |seats |- ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Silvio Berlusconi | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |3,387,180 | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |55.1 | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |62
| style="text-align:left;" |The People of Freedom | style="vertical-align:top;" |2,059,231 | style="vertical-align:top;" |33.5 | style="vertical-align:top;" |37 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Lega Nord | style="vertical-align:top;" |1,327,949 | style="vertical-align:top;" |21.6 | style="vertical-align:top;" |25
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Walter Veltroni | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |1,972,981 | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |32.1 | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |32
| style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Party | style="vertical-align:top;" |1,727,006 | style="vertical-align:top;" |28.1 | style="vertical-align:top;" |28 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Italy of Values | style="vertical-align:top;" |245,975 | style="vertical-align:top;" |4.0 | style="vertical-align:top;" |4
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Pier Ferdinando Casini | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |261,293 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |4.3 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |5
| style="text-align:left;" |Union of the Centre | style="vertical-align:top;" |261,293 | style="vertical-align:top;" |4.3 | style="vertical-align:top;" |5
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Fausto Bertinotti | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |180,621 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |2.9 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |-
| style="text-align:left;" |The Left – The Rainbow | style="vertical-align:top;" |180,621 | style="vertical-align:top;" |2.9 | style="vertical-align:top;" |-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Daniela Santanchè | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |130,324 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |2.1 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |-
| style="text-align:left;" |The Right | style="vertical-align:top;" |130,324 | style="vertical-align:top;" |2.1 | style="vertical-align:top;" |-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Enrico Boselli | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |37,349 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |0.6 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |-
| style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Party | style="vertical-align:top;" |37,349 | style="vertical-align:top;" |0.6 | style="vertical-align:top;" |-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Marco Ferrando | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |33,646 | 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;" |33,646 | style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5 | style="vertical-align:top;" |-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Giuliano Ferrara | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |28,439 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |-
| style="text-align:left;" |Abortion? No, thanks | style="vertical-align:top;" |28,439 | style="vertical-align:top;" |0.5 | style="vertical-align:top;" |-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Others | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |110,214 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |1.8 | rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;" |-
| style="text-align:left;" |Others | style="vertical-align:top;" |110,214 | style="vertical-align:top;" |1.8 | 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;" |6,142,028 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |100.0 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |98 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Total parties ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |6,142,028 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |100.0 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |98
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Senate
MPs elected in Lombardy
Chamber of Deputies
Lombardy 1 (Milano-Monza)
The People of Freedom Ignazio La Russa Stefania Craxi Gianfranco Rotondi Andrea Ronchi Mario Valducci Paolo Romani Maurizio Lupi Luigi Casero Francesco Colucci Gaetano Pecorella Paola Frassinetti Valentina Aprea Mariella Bocciardo Elena Centemero Riccardo De Corato Giorgio Stracquadanio
Democratic Party Matteo Colaninno Linda Lanzillotta Barbara Pollastrini Emilio Quartiani Enrico Farinone Furio Colombo Emilia De Biasi Emanuele Fiano Vinicio Peluffo Alessia Mosca Roberto Zaccaria Lino Duilio Pierluigi Mantini
Lega Nord Umberto Bossi Giancarlo Giorgetti Ettore Pirovano (replaced by Fabio Meroni on 21 December 2011) Paolo Grimoldi Matteo Salvini (replaced by Marco Desiderati on 13 July 2009) Giacomo Chiappori Claudio D'Amico Laura Molteni
Italy of Values Gabriele Cimadoro Anita Di Giuseppe
Union of the Centre Bruno Tabacci
Lombardy 2 (Bergamo-Brescia-Como-Sondrio-Varese-Lecco)
The People of Freedom Giulio Tremonti Mariastella Gelmini Raffaello Vignali Mirko Tremaglia (replaced by Luigi Fabbri on 10 January 2012) Gregorio Fontana Stefano Saglia Antonio Palmieri Adriano Paroli (replaced by Marco Airaghi on 1 February 2012) Laura Ravetto Viviana Beccalossi Giuseppe Romele Giorgio Jannone Massimo Maria Berruti Antonio Angelucci Renato Farina
Lega Nord Roberto Maroni Giacomo Stucchi Davide Caparini Marco Reguzzoni Daniele Molgora Nicola Molteni Marco Rondini Carolina Lussana Silvana Comaroli Jonny Crosio Pierguido Vanalli Erica Rivolta Raffaele Volpi Nunziante Consiglio
Democratic Party Enrico Letta Paolo Corsini Paola Binetti Antonio Misiani Daniele Marantelli Giovanni Sanga Lucia Codurelli Renzo Lusetti Pierangelo Ferrari Chiara Braga
Union of the Centre Savino Pezzotta Luca Volontè
Italy of Values Sergio Piffari Ivan Rota
Lombardy 3 (Cremona-Mantova-Pavia-Lodi)
The People of Freedom Gian Carlo Abelli Massimo Corsaro Maurizio Bernardo Chiara Moroni Andrea Orsini Carlo Nola
Democratic Party Antonello Soro Luciano Pizzetti Maurizio Turco Angelo Zucchi Marco Carra
Lega Nord Andrea Gibelli (replaced by Marco Maggioni on 18 May 2010) Gianni Fava Alberto Torazzi
Union of the Centre Anna Formisano (replaced by Pietro Marcazzan on 16 September 2010)
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 (replaced by Antonio Del Pennino on 21 June 2011) 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 (replaced by Francesco Monaco on 23 February 2011) 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 Giuseppe Astore
References