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2008 Italian general election

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Field	Value
election_name	2008 Italian general election
country	Italy
type	parliamentary
vote_type	Popular
ongoing	no
previous_election	2006 Italian general election
previous_year	2006
outgoing_members	Legislature XV of Italy
next_election	2013 Italian general election
next_year	2013
elected_members	Legislature XVI of Italy
seats_for_election	All 630 seats in the Chamber of Deputies316 seats needed for a majorityAll 315 elective seats in the Senate162 seats needed for a majority
opinion_polls	Opinion polling for the 2008 Italian general election
election_date	13–14 April 2008
registered	47,041,814 (C)42,358,775 (S)
turnout	37,874,569 (C)80.5% (3.1 pp)
34,058,406 (S)80.4% (3.1 pp)
image1	[[File:Berlusconi-2010-1.jpg	165x165px]]
leader1	Silvio Berlusconi
leader_since1	26 January 1994
party1	The People of Freedom
alliance1	Centre-right
color1	0A6BE1
leaders_seat1	Molise (C)
seats1	344 (C) / 174 (S)
seat_change1	102 (C) / 29 (S)
popular_vote1	17,403,145 (C)
15,508,899 (S)
percentage1	46.8% (C)
47.3% (S)
swing1	2.9 pp (C)
2.9 pp (S)
image2	[[File:Walter Veltroni 2008 (cropped).jpg	165x165px]]
leader2	Walter Veltroni
party2	Democratic Party
alliance2	Centre-left
color2	EF3E3E
leader_since2	14 October 2007
leaders_seat2	Lazio 1 (C)
seats2	246 (C) / 134 (S)
seat_change2	3 (C) / 21 (S)
popular_vote2	14,099,747 (C)
12,457,182 (S)
percentage2	37.5% (C)
38.0% (S)
swing2	12.3 pp (C)
11.0 pp (S)
image3	[[File:Pier Ferdinando Casini 2008 (cropped).jpg	165x165px]]
leader3	Pier Ferdinando Casini
party3	Union of the Centre (2002)
alliance3	—
color3	87CEFA
leader_since3	18 January 1994
leaders_seat3	Liguria (C)
seats3	36 (C) / 3 (S)
seat_change3	3 (C) / 18 (S)
popular_vote3	2,050,309 (C)
1,866,356 (S)
percentage3	5.6% (C)
5.7% (S)
swing3	1.1 pp (C)
1.0 pp (S)
map	[[File:2008 Italian general election - Results by coalition.png	370px]]
map_caption	Election results maps for the Chamber of Deputies (on the left) and for the Senate (on the right). On the left, the color identifies the coalition which received the most votes in each province. On the right, the color identifies the coalition which won the most seats in respect to each Region. Blue denotes the Centre-right coalition, Red the Centre-left coalition, and Gray regional parties.
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after the election
before_election	Romano Prodi
before_party	Democratic Party
after_election	Silvio Berlusconi
after_party	The People of Freedom

34,058,406 (S)80.4% (3.1 pp)

15,508,899 (S) 47.3% (S) 2.9 pp (S)

12,457,182 (S) 38.0% (S) 11.0 pp (S)

1,866,356 (S) 5.7% (S) 1.0 pp (S)

A snap election was held in Italy on 13–14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved the Italian Parliament on 6 February 2008, following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote of confidence and the unsuccessful tentative appointment of Franco Marini with the aim to change the current electoral law. Under Italian law, elections must be held within 70 days of the dissolution. The voting determined the leader of Italy's 62nd government since the end of World War II. The coalition led by ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from The People of Freedom party defeated that of former Mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni of the Democratic Party.

Background

Main article: 2008 Italian political crisis

On 24 January 2008 Prime Minister of Italy Romano Prodi lost a vote of confidence in the Senate by a vote of 161 to 156 votes, causing the downfall of his government. Prodi's resignation led President Giorgio Napolitano to request the president of the Senate, Franco Marini, to assess the possibility to form a caretaker government. The other possibility would have been to call for early elections immediately.

The decision of former Minister of Justice Mastella arrived a few days after the confirmation of the Constitutional Court which confirmed the referendum to modify the electoral system. As stated many times by Minister Mastella, if the referendum would have been confirmed this would have led directly to the fall of the government and it happened. The fall of the government would disrupt a pending election-law referendum that if passed would make it harder for small parties like Mastella's to gain seats in parliament. "Prodi Likely to Quit, Prompt Vote or Election Reform" Bloomberg.com

UDEUR's defection forced the question of whether Prodi still had the parliamentarian support to govern. Presenting a motion of confidence to parliament, he won relatively easily in the lower house of the Italian Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, where the coalition's majority was substantial. Yet a win in the upper house – or Senate – seemed unlikely, and President Giorgio Napolitano was said to have warned against going through with the vote.

The vote, held between 3pm and 9pm (CET), was heated and dramatic. During its course the UDEUR party Senator Stefano Cusumano decided to confirm the confidence and to support the prime minister, even against the orders of his party's leader. He was subsequently subjected to the abuse of his colleagues, being called an "hysteric faggot", "traitor", and reportedly spat on by a member of the conservative UDEUR party. At this point Cusumano apparently fainted, and was carried out on a stretcher. Cusumano's defection had no effect, however: Prodi lost the vote with 161 to 156 votes (one member abstained from voting, while three were absent), and promptly handed in his resignation.

On 30 January, Napolitano appointed Franco Marini to try to form a caretaker government with the goal of changing the current electoral system, rather than call a quick election. The state of the electoral system had been under criticism not only within the outgoing government, but also among the opposition and in the general population, because of the impossibility to choose candidates directly and of the risks that a close-call election may not grant a stable majority in the Senate.

On 4 February 2008 Marini acknowledged that he had failed to find the necessary majority for an interim government, and resigned his mandate, after having met with all major political forces and having found opposition to forming an interim government mainly from center-right parties Forza Italia and National Alliance, favoured in a possible next election and strongly in favour of an early vote.,

President Napolitano summoned Bertinotti and Marini, the two speakers of the houses of the Italian parliament, acknowledging the end of the legislature, on 5 February 2008. He dissolved parliament on 6 February 2008.

Campaign

Major competitors in the election were Silvio Berlusconi, as leader of the centre-right opposition coalition, and Walter Veltroni, leader of the Democratic Party. Berlusconi's right coalition was leading by a significant margin in opinion polls. The 71-year-old Berlusconi, who was twice prime minister—from May 1994 to January 1995 and again from May 2001 to May 2006—was not considered too old for the job though he had had heart surgery since leaving office.

Veltroni's campaign has been compared to Barack Obama's presidential run in the United States. The most apparent of the similarities is his slogan, "Si può fare" (literally, "it can be done").

Following the calling of the election, Veltroni stated his party will not make any alliance in either Chamber, choosing instead to run alone with its own platform, and challenged Berlusconi to do likewise with his Forza Italia party. The main four left-wing parties not part of the PD decided to contest the election together under the banner of The Left – The Rainbow. On 8 February, Berlusconi announced Forza Italia and Gianfranco Fini's National Alliance will run together under the common symbol of The People of Freedom, being regionally allied with the Northern League.

On 13 February, Veltroni announced to have reached an agreement with the Italy of Values, led by Antonio Di Pietro, which agreed for an electoral alliance with the Democratic Party, accepting also to join the Democratic Party parliamentary groups after the election. On 21 February the Italian Radicals announced an agreement with the Democratic Party, accepting to present themselves in list with the latter, under the agreement they will have nine MPs elected in the Parliament, and appointment of Emma Bonino as Minister in case of victory.

Though Berlusconi and Veltroni were in opposite parties, they allegedly represent such similar policies that they were dubbed "Veltrusconi". Both candidates supported big tax cuts and generous spending programs.

The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats was invited to support Berlusconi, but refused and decided to run on its own instead. The Rose for Italy originally planned to run alone with Bruno Tabacci as their PM candidate, but shortly before the filing deadline, they decided to form joint lists with the UDC.

Electoral system

The electoral system had been last reformed by Law no. 270, 21 December 2005.

Chamber of Deputies

For the election of the lower house, all seats in the Chamber of Deputies (excluding one deputy for the region of Aosta Valley and twelve deputies for Italians residing abroad) are allocated based on the national vote in a form of party-list proportional representation with a series of thresholds to encourage parties to form coalitions. Voters cast one vote for a closed list, meaning they cannot express a preference for individual candidates.

Parties can choose to run in coalitions. Seats are first allocated based on coalition votes, then divided among parties belonging to the same coalition by the largest remainder method. To guarantee a working majority, the coalition or party that obtains a plurality of the vote, but fewer than 340 seats, is assigned additional seats to reach that number, which is roughly 54% of all seats.

The autonomous region of Aosta Valley elects one deputy through a first-past-the-post system. Italians abroad are divided into four constituencies, which elect a total of twelve seats based on proportional representation.

Senate

For the election of the upper house, a similar system is used. However, the results are based on regional, rather than national, vote. This means the coalition or party that wins a plurality of votes in each region is guaranteed a majority of the seats assigned to that region. As this mechanism is region-based, opposing parties or coalitions may benefit from the majority bonus in different regions. It therefore does not guarantee any party or coalition a majority in the Senate.

Three regions have exceptions to the system detailed above. In the region of Molise, that is granted two seats in the Senate, seats are allocated proportionally, with no majority bonus. The region of Aosta Valley, which elects one senator, uses a first-past-the-post system. Finally, the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol elects seven senators with a limited compensatory system: six senators are elected in six single-member constituencies, while the seventh is allocated to the most underrepresented list based on the regional votes.

Six seats in the Senate are assigned to Italians living abroad and are allocated using the same system used for the Chamber of Deputies.

Main coalitions and parties

Coalition	Party	Main ideology	Seats	Coalition leader	C
Centre-right coalition (Italy)}}"		Centre-right coalition	The People of Freedom}}"	The People of Freedom (PdL)	Liberal conservatism	Silvio Berlusconi
Lega Nord}}"		Northern League (LN)	Regionalism		Umberto Bossi
	Movement for Autonomy (MpA)	Regionalism		Raffaele Lombardo
Centre-left coalition (Italy)}}"		Centre-left coalition	Democratic Party (Italy)}}"	Democratic Party (PD)	Social democracy	Walter Veltroni
Italy of Values}}"		Italy of Values (IdV)	Anti-corruption politics		Antonio Di Pietro
Communist Refoundation Party}}"		The Left – The Rainbow (SA)	Communism, democratic socialism		Fausto Bertinotti
Union of the Centre (2002)}}"		Union of the Centre (UdC)	Christian democracy		Pier Ferdinando Casini
Italian Socialist Party (2007)}}"		Socialist Party (PS)	Social democracy		Enrico Boselli
The Right}}"		The Right – Tricolour Flame (LD–FT)	Neo-fascism		Daniela Santanchè

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2008 Italian general election

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Overall results

Coalition	Party	Italy (19 regions)	Aosta Valley	Overseas	**Total
seats**	+/–	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Centre-right coalition (Italy)}}"		Centre-right coalition	The People of Freedom}}"		The People of Freedom	13,629,464	37.38	272	13,880	18.52	0	322,437	30.90	4	276	+60
Lega Nord}}"		Northern League	3,024,543	8.30	60	2,322	3.10	0				60
Movement for Autonomy}}"		Movement for Autonomy	410,499	1.13	8							8
Centre-left coalition (Italy)}}"		Centre-left coalition	Democratic Party (Italy)}}"		Democratic Party	12,095,306	33.18	211				338,954	32.48	6	217	−9
Italy of Values}}"		Italy of Values	1,594,024	4.37	28				42,149	4.04	1	29	+12
Union of the Centre (2002)}}"		Union of the Centre	2,050,229	5.62	36				88,017	8.43	0	36	−3
South Tyrolean People's Party}}"		South Tyrolean People's Party	147,718	0.41	2							2	−2
Autonomy Liberty Democracy}}"		Autonomy Liberty Democracy				29,314	39.12	1				1	±0
Associative Movement of Italians Abroad}}"		Associative Movement of Italians Abroad							86,970	8.33	1	1	New
Others}}"		Others	3,505,498	9.61	0	29,423	39.26	0	164,991	15.82	0	0
Total	36,457,254	100	617	74,939	100	1	1,043,518	100	12	630	±0

Italy (except Aosta Valley)

Coalition	Party	Votes	%	Seats	Total		36,457,254
Centre-right coalition (Italy)}};"		Centre-right coalition	The People of Freedom}}"		The People of Freedom (PdL)	13,629,464	37.38
Lega Nord}}"		Northern League (LN)	3,024,543	8.30	60
Movement for Autonomies}};"		Movement for Autonomy (MpA)	410,499	1.13	8
Total	17,064,506	46.81	340
Centre-left coalition}}"		Centre-left coalition	Democratic Party (Italy)}}"		Democratic Party (PD)	12,095,306	33.18
Italy of Values}}"		Italy of Values (IdV)	1,594,024	4.37	28
Total	13,689,303	37.55	239
Union of the Centre (2008)}}"		Union of the Centre (UdC)	2,050,229	5.62	36
Communist Refoundation Party}};"		The Left – The Rainbow (SA)	1,124,298	3.08	0
The Right}};"		The Right – Tricolour Flame (LD–FT)	884,961	2.43	0
Italian Socialist Party (2007)}}"		Socialist Party (PS)	355,495	0.98	0
	Workers' Communist Party (PCL)	208,296	0.57	0
	Critical Left (SC)	168,916	0.46	0
	South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)	147,718	0.41	2
	Association for Defense of Life	135,535	0.37	0
	For the Common Good (PBC)	119,569	0.33	0
	New Force (FN)	109,699	0.30	0
Italian Liberal Party}}"		Italian Liberal Party (PLI)	104,053	0.29	0
	Democratic Union for Consumers (UDpC)	91,106	0.25	0
	List of Talking Crickets (No Euro–Lega Padana–others)	66,835	0.18	0
	Venetian Republic League (LVR)	31,353	0.09	0
	Die Freiheitlichen (DF)	28,340	0.08	0
	European Movement Disabled Persons (MEDA)	16,483	0.05	0
Sardinian Action Party}};"		Sardinian Action Party (PSd'Az)	14,860	0.04	0
	League for Autonomy – Lombard Alliance (LAL)	13,992	0.04	0
	Union for South Tyrol (UfS)	12,981	0.04	0
	Sardigna Natzione Indipendentzia (SNI)	7,176	0.02	0
	Southern League Ausonia (LSA)	4,399	0.01	0
	Venetian Agreement (IV)	2,388	0.01	0
Communist Alternative Party}};"		Communist Alternative Party (PdAC)	1,993	0.01	0
	The Lotus	1,797	0.00	0
	Thought and Action Party (PPA)	946	0.00	0

Results by region (except Aosta Valley)

Region	Centre-right Coalition	Centre-left Coalition	Union of the Centre	The Left – The Rainbow	The Right – Tricolour Flame	Others
Abruzzo	43.2	40.5	5.9	3.2	3.2	4.0
Apulia	47.4	35.6	8.0	3.0	2.1	3.9
Basilicata	37.6	44.5	6.9	3.5	2.3	5.2
Calabria	43.8	36.2	8.2	3.2	2.2	6.4
Campania	51.5	33.9	6.5	2.7	1.6	3.8
Emilia-Romagna	36.4	50.0	4.3	3.0	2.5	3.8
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	47.8	35.7	6.0	3.1	3.0	4.4
Lazio	43.7	40.9	4.8	3.3	3.4	3.9
Liguria	43.6	42.5	3.8	3.7	2.7	3.7
Lombardy	55.1	32.1	4.3	2.9	2.1	3.5
Marche	37.2	45.9	6.0	3.0	3.4	4.5
Molise	41.8	45.6	5.8	1.9	1.7	3.2
Piedmont	47.0	37.4	5.2	3.4	3.2	3.8
Sardinia	43.0	40.0	6.6	3.6	1.5	5.3
Sicily	54.3	28.8	9.4	2.6	2.0	2.9
Trentino-Alto Adige	30.4	27.8	4.2	3.1	2.0	32.5
Tuscany	33.6	50.3	4.2	4.5	2.9	4.5
Umbria	36.1	47.4	4.5	3.5	3.6	4.9
Veneto	54.4	30.8	5.6	2.2	2.0	5.0

Aosta Valley

The autonomous region of Aosta Valley, in northwestern Italy, elects one member to the Chamber of Deputies through a direct first-past-the-post election. Some parties that formed electoral coalitions in Italy, might have opted to run against one another (or form different coalitions) in this particular region.

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Autonomy Liberty Democracy}}"		Autonomy Liberty Democracy (ALD)	29,314	39.12
	Aosta Valley (UV-SA-FA)	28,357	37.84
The People of Freedom}}"		The People of Freedom (PdL)	13,880	18.52
Lega Nord}}"		Northern League (LN)	2,322	3.10
	Social Action (AS)	1,066	1.42
Total	74,939	100.00	1

Overseas constituencies

Twelve members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by Italians abroad. Two members are elected for North America and Central America (including most of the Caribbean), three members for South America (including Trinidad and Tobago), six members for Europe, and one member for the rest of the world (Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica). Voters in these regions select candidate lists and may also cast a preference vote for individual candidates. The seats are allocated by proportional representation.

The electoral law allows for parties to form different coalitions on the lists abroad, compared to the lists in Italy.

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Democratic Party (Italy)}}"		Democratic Party (PD)	338,954	32.48
The People of Freedom}}"		The People of Freedom (PdL)	322,437	30.90
Union of the Centre (2008)}}"		Union of the Centre (UdC)	88,017	8.43
Associative Movement of Italians Abroad}}"		Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE)	86,970	8.33
Italian Associations in South America}}"		Italian Associations in South America (AISA)	64,325	6.16
	Italy of Values (IdV)	42,149	4.04
Italian Socialist Party (2007)}}"		Socialist Party (PS)	32,513	3.12
Communist Refoundation Party}}"		The Left – The Rainbow (SA)	28,495	2.73
The Right}}"		The Right – Tricolour Flame (LD–FT)	14,974	1.43
	The Other Sicily (LAS)	9,251	0.89
	Critical Left (SC)	6,062	0.58
	Italian Civic Consumers (CCI)	4,878	0.47
	Values and Future (VF)	4,493	0.43
Total	1,043,518	100.00	12

Map

Seat totals by constituency. As this is a MB election, seat totals are determined by the national popular vote, benefiting the largest coalition nationwide.}}

Senate of the Republic

Overall results

Coalition	Party	Italy (18 regions)	Aosta Valley	Trentino-Alto Adige	Overseas	**Total
seats**	+/–	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Centre-right coalition (Italy)}}"		Centre-right coalition	The People of Freedom}}"		The People of Freedom	12,511,258	38.17	141	12,167	17.25	0	156,126	28.18	3	322,698	33.86	3	147	+26
Lega Nord}}"		Northern League	2,642,280	8.06	25	2,081	2.95	0							25	+11
Movement for Autonomy}}"		Movement for Autonomy	355,361	1.08	2										2
Centre-left coalition (Italy)}}"		Centre-left coalition	Democratic Party (Italy)}}"		Democratic Party	11,042,452	33.69	116				19,253	3.48	0	274,732	30.70	2	118	+10
Italy of Values}}"		Italy of Values	1,414,730	4.32	14							38,357	4.02	0	14	+10
South Tyrolean People's Party}}"		South Tyrolean People's Party							252,669	45.61	4				4	+1
Union of the Centre (2002)}}"		Union of the Centre	1,866,356	5.69	3				32,511	5.87	0	57,817	6.07	0	3	−18
	Aosta Valley				29,191	41.39	1							1	+1
Associative Movement of Italians Abroad}}"		Associative Movement of Italians Abroad										72,511	7.61	1	1	New
Others}}"		Others	2,941,902	8.98	0	27,151	38.41	0	93,380	16.86	0	187,029	17.74	0	0
Total	32,774,339	100	301	70,520	100	1	553,939	100	7	953,144	100	6	315	±0

Italy (except Aosta Valley and Trentino-Alto Adige)

Coalition	Party	Votes	%	Seats	Total		32,774,339
Centre-right coalition (Italy)}};"		Centre-right coalition	The People of Freedom}}"		The People of Freedom (PdL)	12,511,258	38.17
Lega Nord}}"		Northern League (LN)	2,642,280	8.06	25
Movement for Autonomies}};"		Movement for Autonomy (MpA)	355,361	1.08	2
Total	15,508,899	47.32	168
Centre-left coalition}}"		Centre-left coalition	Democratic Party (Italy)}}"		Democratic Party (PD)	11,042,452	33.69
Italy of Values}}"		Italy of Values (IdV)	1,414,730	4.32	14
Total	12,457,182	38.01	130
Union of the Centre (2008)}}"		Union of the Centre (UdC)	1,866,356	5.69	3
Communist Refoundation Party}};"		The Left – The Rainbow (SA)	1,053,228	3.21	0
The Right}};"		The Right – Tricolour Flame (LD–FT)	686,926	2.10	0
Italian Socialist Party (2007)}}"		Socialist Party (PS)	284,837	0.87	0
	Workers' Communist Party (PCL)	180,442	0.55	0
	Critical Left (SC)	136,679	0.42	0
	For the Common Good (PBC)	105,827	0.32	0
Italian Liberal Party}};"		Italian Liberal Party (PLI)	100,759	0.31	0
	New Force (FN)	85,564	0.26	0
	Democratic Union for Consumers (UDpC)	78,139	0.24	0
	List of Talking Crickets (No Euro–Lega Padana–others)	49,535	0.15	0
	Venetian Republic League (LVR)	47,647	0.15	0
	League for Autonomy – Lombard Alliance (LAL)	45,623	0.14	0
	European Movement Disabled Persons (MEDA)	19,899	0.06	0
Sardinian Action Party}};"		Sardinian Action Party (PSd'Az)	15,280	0.05	0
	United Populars (PU)	12,389	0.04	0
	Marxist–Leninist Italian Communist Party (PCIM-L)	8,094	0.02	0
	Southern League Ausonia (LSA)	7,109	0.02	0
	Sardigna Natzione Indipendentzia (SNI)	6,972	0.02	0
	Independentist Front Lombardy (FIL)	5,234	0.02	0
	Venetian Agreement (IV)	4,600	0.01	0
	Party of the South (PdS)	3,727	0.01	0
	Free South	1,795	0.01	0
	Thought and Action Party (PPA)	1,597	0.00	0

Aosta Valley

Party	Votes	%	Seats
	Aosta Valley (UV-SA-FA)	29,191	41.39
	Autonomy Liberty Democracy (ALD)	26,377	37.40
The People of Freedom}}"		The People of Freedom (PdL)	12,167	17.25
Lega Nord}}"		Northern League (LN)	2,081	2.95
	Social Action (AS)	712	1.01
Total	70,520	100.00	1

Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol

Party	Votes	%	Seats
The People of Freedom}}"		The People of Freedom (PdL)	156,126	28.18
Democratic Party (Italy)}}"		SVP - Together for the Autonomies	153,721	27.75
	South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)	98,948	17.86
Communist Refoundation Party}}"		The Left – The Rainbow (SA)	39,957	7.21
Union of the Centre (2008)}}"		Union of the Centre (UdC)	32,511	5.87
	Die Freiheitlichen (DF)	24,772	4.47
Democratic Party (Italy)}}"		Democratic Party (PD)	19,253	3.48
The Right}}"		The Right – Tricolour Flame (LD–FT)	16,462	2.97
	Union for South Tyrol (UfS)	11,820	2.13
Italian Socialist Party (2007)}}"		Socialist Party (PS)	369	0.07
Total	553,939	100.00	7

Overseas constituencies

Party	Votes	%	Seats
The People of Freedom}}"		The People of Freedom (PdL)	322,698	33.86
Democratic Party (Italy)}}"		Democratic Party (PD)	314,703	33.02
Associative Movement of Italians Abroad}}"		Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE)	72,511	7.61
Italian Associations in South America}}"		Italian Associations in South America (AISA)	60,794	6.38
Union of the Centre (2008)}}"		Union of the Centre (UdC)	57,817	6.07
	Italy of Values (IdV)	38,357	4.02
Italian Socialist Party (2007)}}"		Socialist Party (PS)	28,149	2.95
Communist Refoundation Party}}"		The Left - The Rainbow (SA)	27,067	2.84
The Right}}"		The Right – Tricolour Flame (LD–FT)	13,139	1.38
	The Other Sicily (LAS)	8,391	0.88
	Critical Left (SC)	5,855	0.61
	Italian Civic Consumers (CCI)	3,663	0.38
Total	953,144	100.00	6

Seats by region

Region	Coalitions	Majority bonus
winner	Senators	Centre-right coalition (Italy)}};"		Centre-left coalition}};"		Union of the Centre (2002)}};"	Other}};"	Centre-right coalition	Centre-left coalition	Union of the Centre	Others	47	30	27	26	24	22	21	21	18	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	2	1	6	Total	174	132	3	5	315
Lombardy
Lombardy	19 (PdL)
11 (LN)	15 (PD)
2 (IdV)			CDX
Campania
Campania	18 (PdL)	10 (PD)
2 (IdV)			CDX
Lazio
Lazio	15 (PdL)	11 (PD)
1 (IdV)			CDX
Sicily
Sicily	13 (PdL)
2 (MpA)	7 (PD)
1 (IdV)	3 (UdC)		CDX
Veneto
Veneto	8 (PdL)
7 (LN)	8 (PD)
1 (IdV)			CDX
Piedmont
Piedmont	10 (PdL)
3 (LN)	8 (PD)
1 (IdV)			CDX
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna	7 (PdL)
2 (LN)	11 (PD)
1 (IdV)			CSX
Apulia
Apulia	12 (PdL)	8 (PD)
1 (IdV)			CDX
Tuscany
Tuscany	7 (PdL)	10 (PD)
1 (IdV)			CSX
Calabria
Calabria	6 (PdL)	4 (PD)			CDX
Sardinia
Sardinia	5 (PdL)	4 (PD)			CDX
Liguria
Liguria	4 (PdL)
1 (LN)	3 (PD)			CDX
Marche
Marche	3 (PdL)	5 (PD)			CSX
Abruzzo
Abruzzo	4 (PdL)	2 (PD)
1 (IdV)			CDX
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	3 (PdL)
1 (LN)	3 (PD)			CDX
Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	3 (PdL)			2 (SVP - IpA)
2 (SVP)	N/A
Umbria
Umbria	3 (PdL)	4 (PD)			CSX
Basilicata
Basilicata	3 (PdL)	3 (PD)
1 (IdV)			CSX
Molise
Molise	1 (PdL)	1 (PD)			N/A
Aosta Valley
Aosta Valley				1 (VA)	N/A
Italians abroad	3 (PdL)	2 (PD)		1 (MAIE)	N/A

Map

Seat totals by constituency. As this is a MB election, seat totals are determined by the national popular vote, benefiting the largest coalition in each region.}}

Notes

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