2008 Italian Senate election in Lombardy


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 and Lega Nord. 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

! 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="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Walter Veltroni
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Pier Ferdinando Casini
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Fausto Bertinotti
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Daniela Santanchè
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Eva Rossi
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Enrico Boselli
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Marco Ferrando
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Renzo Rabellino
! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Others
! 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:

Lombard delegation to Senate

The People of Freedom

Democratic Party

Lega Nord

Italy of Values