title: 2008 Italian Senate election in Lombardy
text: # 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
  