# 2008 Italian Senate election in Lombardy

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.

## Results

| Coalition leader | votes | votes (%) | seats | Party | votes | votes (%) | swing | seats | change |
| Silvio Berlusconi | 3,139,694 | 55.1 | 30 | The People of Freedom | 1,959,681 | 34.4 | -3.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Silvio Berlusconi | 3,139,694 | 55.1 | 30 | Lega Nord | 1,180,013 | 20.7 | +9.6 | 11 | +6 |
| Walter Veltroni | 1,823,835 | 32.0 | 17 | Democratic Party | 1,607,928 | 28.2 | +5.8 | 15 | +2 |
| Walter Veltroni | 1,823,835 | 32.0 | 17 | Italy of Values | 215,907 | 3.8 | +1.2 | 2 | +2 |
| Pier Ferdinando Casini | 240,481 | 4.2 | - | Union of the Centre | 240,481 | 4.2 | -1.7 | - | -3 |
| Fausto Bertinotti | 183,061 | 3.2 | - | The Left – The Rainbow | 183,061 | 3.2 | -8.6 | - | -7 |
| Daniela Santanchè | 93,077 | 1.6 | - | The Right – Tricolour Flame | 93,077 | 1.6 | +0.5 | - | - |
| Eva Rossi | 45,622 | 0.8 | - | Lega per l'Autonomia – Alleanza Lombarda | 45,622 | 0.8 | -0.8 | - | - |
| Enrico Boselli | 30,745 | 0.5 | - | Socialist Party | 30,745 | 0.5 | -1.7 | - | - |
| Marco Ferrando | 27,141 | 0.5 | - | Workers' Communist Party | 27,141 | 0.5 | +0.5 | - | - |
| Renzo Rabellino | 25,866 | 0.5 | - | List of Talking Crickets | 25,866 | 0.5 | +0.5 | - | - |
| Others | 86,632 | 1.5 | - | Others | 86,632 | 1.5 | -1.7 | - | - |
| Total coalitions | 5,696,154 | 100.0 | 47 | Total parties | 5,696,154 | 100.0 | = | 47 | = |
Source: Ministry of the Interior

## 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