2008 Italian Senate election in Lombardy

Italian Senate election in Lombardy, 2008

April 13, 2008
All 47 Lombard seats in the Italian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Silvio Berlusconi Walter Veltroni Party People of Freedom Democratic Party Alliance Centre-right Centre-left Last election 27 seats, 50.4% 57.0% as CdL 20 seats, 27.3% 42.6% as Union Seats won 30 17 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 3,139,694 1,823,835 Percentage 55.1% 32.0% Swing 4.7% 4.7%
Local majority before election Centre-right coalition New local majority Centre-right coalition

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 (28%) and Lega Nord (21%). 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.

Lombard delegation to 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
• 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
• 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
• Gianpiero De Toni

See also

• Italian general election, 2008