The Italian general election of 2008 took place on 13–14 April 2008.
The election was won in Veneto 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 27.4%, slightly ahead of Lega Nord (27.1%) and the Democratic Party (26.5%).
Results
Chamber of Deputies
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Coalition leader !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes (%) !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|seats !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Party !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes (%) !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|seats |- !rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"|Silvio Berlusconi |rowspan="2" valign="top"|1,669,234 |rowspan="2" valign="top"|54.5 |rowspan="2" valign="top"|31
|align="left"|The People of Freedom |valign="top"|838,640 |valign="top"|27.4 |valign="top"|15 |- |align="left"|Lega Nord |valign="top"|830,594 |valign="top"|27.1 |valign="top"|16
!rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"|Walter Veltroni |rowspan="2" valign="top"|944,380 |rowspan="2" valign="top"|30.8 |rowspan="2" valign="top"|16
|align="left"|Democratic Party |valign="top"|812,506 |valign="top"|26.5 |valign="top"|14 |- |align="left"|Italy of Values |valign="top"|131,874 |valign="top"|4.3 |valign="top"|2
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Pier Ferdinando Casini |rowspan="1" valign="top"|171,126 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|5.6 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|3
|align="left"|Union of the Centre |valign="top"|171,126 |valign="top"|5.6 |valign="top"|3
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Fausto Bertinotti |rowspan="1" valign="top"|68,159 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|2.2 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|-
|align="left"|The Left – The Rainbow |valign="top"|68,159 |valign="top"|2.2 |valign="top"|-
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Daniela Santanchè |rowspan="1" valign="top"|59,925 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|2.0 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|-
|align="left"|The Right |valign="top"|59,925 |valign="top"|2.0 |valign="top"|-
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Giorgio Vido |rowspan="1" valign="top"|31,353 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.0 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|-
|align="left"|Liga Veneta Repubblica |valign="top"|31,353 |valign="top"|1.0 |valign="top"|-
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Renzo Rabellino |rowspan="1" valign="top"|22,502 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|0.7 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|-
|align="left"|List of Speaking Crickets |valign="top"|22,502 |valign="top"|0.7 |valign="top"|-
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Enrico Boselli |rowspan="1" valign="top"|16,547 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|0.5 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|-
|align="left"|Socialist Party |valign="top"|16,547 |valign="top"|0.5 |valign="top"|-
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Giuliano Ferrara |rowspan="1" valign="top"|16,308 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|0.5 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|-
|align="left"|Abortion? No, thanks |valign="top"|16,308 |valign="top"|0.5 |valign="top"|-
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Others |rowspan="1" valign="top"|66,504 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|2.2 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|-
|align="left"|Others |valign="top"|66,504 |valign="top"|2.2 |valign="top"|-
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total coalitions !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|3,066,038 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|50 !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total parties !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|3,066,038 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|50 |} Source: Regional Council of Veneto
Senate
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Coalition leader !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes (%) !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|seats !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Party !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes (%) !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|seats |- !rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"|Silvio Berlusconi |rowspan="2" valign="top"|1,540,993 |rowspan="2" valign="top"|54.4 |rowspan="2" valign="top"|15
|align="left"|The People of Freedom |valign="top"|802,533 |valign="top"|28.3 |valign="top"|8 |- |align="left"|Lega Nord |valign="top"|738,460 |valign="top"|26.1 |valign="top"|7
!rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"|Walter Veltroni |rowspan="2" valign="top"|895,433 |rowspan="2" valign="top"|31.6 |rowspan="2" valign="top"|9
|align="left"|Democratic Party |valign="top"|771,974 |valign="top"|27.2 |valign="top"|8 |- |align="left"|Italy of Values |valign="top"|123,459 |valign="top"|4.4 |valign="top"|1
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Pier Ferdinando Casini |rowspan="1" valign="top"|162,719 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|5.7 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|-
|align="left"|Union of the Centre |valign="top"|162,719 |valign="top"|5.7 |valign="top"|-
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Fausto Bertinotti |rowspan="1" valign="top"|61,279 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|2.2 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|-
|align="left"|The Left – The Rainbow |valign="top"|61,279 |valign="top"|2.2 |valign="top"|-
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Daniela Santanchè |rowspan="1" valign="top"|49,101 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.7 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|-
|align="left"|The Right |valign="top"|49,101 |valign="top"|1.7 |valign="top"|-
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Giorgio Vido |rowspan="1" valign="top"|46,677 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.7 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|-
|align="left"|Liga Veneta Repubblica |valign="top"|46,677 |valign="top"|1.7 |valign="top"|-
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Enrico Boselli |rowspan="1" valign="top"|14,756 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|0.5 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|-
|align="left"|Socialist Party |valign="top"|14,756 |valign="top"|0.5 |valign="top"|-
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Others |rowspan="1" valign="top"|62,123 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|2.2 |rowspan="1" valign="top"|-
|align="left"|Others |valign="top"|62,123 |valign="top"|2.2 |valign="top"|-
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total coalitions !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|2,834,078 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|24 !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total parties !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|2,834,078 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|24 |}Source: Regional Council of Veneto
MPs elected in Veneto
Chamber of Deputies
Veneto 1 (Verona-Vicenza-Padova-Rovigo)
Lega Nord Stefano Stefani Matteo Bragantini Manuela Dal Lago Francesca Martini Massimo Bitonci Paola Goisis Alessandro Montagnoli Manuela Lanzarin Emanuela Munerato Giovanna Negro
The People of Freedom Niccolò Ghedini Alberto Giorgetti Aldo Brancher Francesco De Luca Filippo Ascierto Marino Zorzato (replaced by Giorgio Conte on 10 June 2010) Lorena Milanato Luca Bellotti Giustina Destro
Democratic Party Massimo Calearo Alessandro Naccarato Margherita Miotto Federica Mogherini Giampaolo Fogliardi Gian Pietro Dal Moro Federico Testa Daniela Sbrollini
Union of the Centre Roberto Rao Antonio De Poli
Italy of Values Antonio Borghesi
Veneto 2 (Venezia-Treviso-Belluno)
Lega Nord Gianpaolo Dozzo Guido Dussin Corrado Callegari Luciano Dussin (replaced by Sabina Fabi on 15 December 2011) Franco Gidoni Gianluca Forcolin
The People of Freedom Renato Brunetta Adolfo Urso Fabio Gava Valentino Valentini Maurizio Paniz Catia Polidori
Democratic Party Andrea Martella Pier Paolo Baretta Simonetta Rubinato Rodolfo Viola Delia Murer Francesco Tempestini
Union of the Centre Luisa Capitanio Santolini
Italy of Values Massimo Donadi
Senate
The People of Freedom
Giancarlo Galan (replaced by Piero Longo on 29 April 2008) Luigi Ramponi Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati Maurizio Sacconi Maurizio Saia Paolo Scarpa Bonazza Buora Anna Bonfrisco Maurizio Castro
Lega Nord
Federico Bricolo Piergiorgio Stiffoni Paolo Franco Alberto Filippi Gianvittore Vaccari Gianpaolo Vallardi Luciano Cagnin
Democratic Party
Enrico Morando Maria Pia Garavaglia Paolo Giaretta Felice Casson Paolo Nerozzi Maurizio Fistarol Franca Donaggio Marco Stradiotto
Italy of Values
Elio Lanutti