2008 Italian general election in Piedmont

The 2008 Italian general election took place on 13–14 April 2008. In Piedmont, in line with its regional status of being among the Italian regions closest to the national vote, the election was won by the centre-right coalition bed by Silvio Berlusconi between The People of Freedom and Lega Nord, as it happened at the national level, resulting in the election of Berlusconi and the fourth Berlusconi government. In the Chamber of Deputies, The People of Freedom was the largest party in the election with 34.3%, ahead of the Democratic Party (32.4%) and the centre-left coalition led by Walter Veltroni, and Lega Nord (12.6%).

Results

Chamber of Deputies

|- 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;" |seats |- ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Silvio Berlusconi | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |1,278,830 | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |46.8 | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |27

| style="text-align:left;" |The People of Freedom | style="vertical-align:top;" |935,890 | style="vertical-align:top;" |34.3 | style="vertical-align:top;" |19 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Lega Nord | style="vertical-align:top;" |342,940 | style="vertical-align:top;" |12.6 | style="vertical-align:top;" |8

| style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Party | style="vertical-align:top;" |885,549 | style="vertical-align:top;" |32.4 | style="vertical-align:top;" |15 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Italy of Values | style="vertical-align:top;" |136,074 | style="vertical-align:top;" |5.0 | style="vertical-align:top;" |3

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Total coalitions ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |2,730,221 ! 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;" |2,730,221 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |100.0 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |47

Source: Ministry of the Interior Senate

|- 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;" |seats |- ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Silvio Berlusconi | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |1,204,737 | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |47.5 | rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |13

| style="text-align:left;" |The People of Freedom | style="vertical-align:top;" |892,479 | style="vertical-align:top;" |35.2 | style="vertical-align:top;" |10 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Lega Nord | style="vertical-align:top;" |312,258 | style="vertical-align:top;" |12.3 | style="vertical-align:top;" |3

| style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Party | style="vertical-align:top;" |841,666 | style="vertical-align:top;" |33.2 | style="vertical-align:top;" |8 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Italy of Values | style="vertical-align:top;" |126,139 | style="vertical-align:top;" |5.0 | style="vertical-align:top;" |1

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Total coalitions ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |2,534,294 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |100.0 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |22 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Total parties ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |2,534,294 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |100.0 ! rowspan="1" style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |22 Source: Ministry of the Interior

MPs elected in Piedmont

Chamber of Deputies

Piedmont 1 (Torino)

The People of Freedom Guido Crosetto Margherita Boniver Maurizio Leo Osvaldo Napoli Maria Grazia Siliquini Benedetto Della Vedova Manuela Repetti Agostino Ghiglia Enrico Pianetta

Democratic Party Piero Fassino Antonio Boccuzzi Anna Rossomando Giorgio Merlo Marco Calgaro Gianni Vernetti Stefano Esposito Giacomo Portas Mimmo Lucà

Lega Nord Stefano Allasia Renato Togni Elena Maccanti

Italy of Values Giuseppe Giulietti Gaetano Porcino

Union of the Centre Michele Vietti

Piedmont 2 (Alessandria-Asti-Cuneo-Novara-Vercelli-Biella-Verbania)

The People of Freedom Lucio Stanca Marco Zacchera Maria Teresa Armosino Enrico Costa Alessandro Ruben Giuseppe Vegas Roberto Rosso Franco Stradella Gianni Mancuso Gaetano Nastri

Democratic Party Luigi Bobba Cesare Damiano Mario Lovelli Mario Barbi massimo Fiorio Elisabetta Rampi

Lega Nord Roberto Cota Gianluca Buonanno Roberto Simonetti Maria Piera Pastore Sebastiano Fogliato

Italy of Values Renato Cambursano

Union of the Centre Teresio Delfino

Senate

The People of Freedom

Enzo Ghigo Ugo Martinat Aldo Scarabosio Lucio Malan Andrea Fluttero Valter Zanetta Lorenzo Piccioni Giuseppe Menardi Maria Rizzotti Gilberto Pichetto Fratin

Democratic Party

Emma Bonino Roberto Della Seta Mauro Marino Pietro Marcenaro Maria Leddi Franca Biondelli

Lega Nord

Michelino Davico Enrico Montani Lidia Boldi

Italy of Values

Patrizia Bugnano

References

2008 Italian general election in Piedmont

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