2008 Italian general election in Lombardy information
2008 Italian general election in Lombardy
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April 13, 2008
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All 98 seats in the Italian Chamber of Deputies 47 Lombard seats in the Italian Senate
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Silvio Berlusconi
Walter Veltroni
Party
People of Freedom
Democratic Party
Alliance
Silvio Berlusconi
Walter Veltroni
Last election
50 & 27 seats 49.0%, total 57.0%
48 & 20 seats 28.7%, total 43.1%
Seats won
62 (H) 30 (S)
32 (H) 17 (S)
Seat change
+15
-19
Popular vote
3,387,180
1,972,981
Percentage
55.1%
32.1%
Swing
+6.1%
+3.4%
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%).
^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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