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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
- 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
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
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)
 - Giovanni 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
- ↑ 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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