The Italian general election of 2008 took place on 13–14 April 2008. The election was won in

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by the centre-right coalition between

The People of Freedom The People of Freedom ( it, Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL, launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007, was initially a federation of political parties, notably including Forza Italia ...

and

Lega Nord Lega Nord (; acronym: LN), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as (), without changing its official ...

, as it happened at the national level. The People of Freedom was the largest party in the election with 27.4%, slightly ahead of Lega Nord (27.1%) and the

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

(26.5%).

Results

Chamber of Deputies

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Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies ...

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Walter Veltroni Walter Veltroni (; born 3 July 1955) is an Italian writer, film director, journalist, and politician, who served as the first leader of the Democratic Party within the centre-left opposition, until his resignation on 17 February 2009. He serve ...

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Italy of Values Italy of Values ( it, Italia dei Valori, IdV) is a populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party was founded in 1998 by former '' Mani pulite'' prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996 and finally left the ...

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Pier Ferdinando Casini Pier Ferdinando Casini (; born 3 December 1955) is an Italian politician. He served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2006. Casini is the honorary president of the Centrist Democrat International and the Inter-Parliamentary ...

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Fausto Bertinotti Fausto Bertinotti (born 22 March 1940) is an Italian politician who led the Communist Refoundation Party (''Partito della Rifondazione Comunista'') from 1994 to 2006. On 29 April 2006, after the centre-left coalition's victory in the Italian ...

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The Left – The Rainbow The Left – The Rainbow ( it, La Sinistra – L'Arcobaleno, SA), frequently referred as Rainbow Left ( it, Sinistra Arcobaleno), was a left-wing federation of parties in Italy that participated in the 2008 general election. History The federat ...

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Giorgio Vido Giorgio Vido (born 1 April 1941 in Padua) is an Italian politician. Elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies for the Liga Veneta-Lega Nord, he left the party in 1994. In 2000 he contributed to the foundation of the Fronte Marco Polo with Fabio ...

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Liga Veneta Repubblica Liga Veneta Repubblica (''Łiga Vèneta Republica'', Venetian Republic League, LVR) is a Venetist political party in Veneto, Italy. The party maintains a mildly separatist position and campaigns for the self-government of Veneto. The party's ...

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Renzo Rabellino Renzo Rabellino (born in Turin on September 12, 1958) is the leader of the No Euro Movement, a political party in Italy that advocates the return of the Italian lira for the Italian currency and government control of the central bank. Elected in 1 ...

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Enrico Boselli Enrico Boselli (born 7 January 1957) is an Italian politician. He has been Vice President of Alliance for Italy, and is the former leader of the Italian Democratic Socialists and the modern-day Socialist Party, and former President of Emilia-R ...

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Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...

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Regional Council of Veneto
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Senate

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Regional Council of Veneto
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MPs elected in Veneto

Chamber of Deputies

Veneto 1 (Verona-Vicenza-Padova-Rovigo)

=Lega Nord

= * Stefano Stefani * Matteo Bragantini * Manuela Dal Lago *

Francesca Martini Francesca Martini (born 31 August 1961 in Verona)http://www.governo.it/Governo/Biografie/sottosegretari/martini_francesca.html is a Venetist politician. She is a member of Liga Veneta-Lega Nord. She was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies ...

Massimo Bitonci Massimo Bitonci (born 24 June 1965, in Padua) is an Italian Venetist politician. He is a member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, which he has served as national president since 2016. In 1993, he joined Lega Nord and was deputy mayor of Cittadella f ...

* Paola Goisis * Alessandro Montagnoli * Manuela Lanzarin * Emanuela Munerato *

Giovanna Negro Giovanna Negro (San Bonifacio, 18 August 1976) is a Venetist politician from Veneto, Italy. A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, Negro was thrice mayor of Altivole and a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2013, when she was not re-ele ...

=The People of Freedom

= * Niccolò Ghedini * Alberto Giorgetti *

Aldo Brancher Aldo Brancher (born 30 May 1943; Trichiana, Veneto) is an Italian politician. He served as a minister without portfolio in the Government of Silvio Berlusconi for 17 days in June/July 2010 but was forced to resign due to a pending court case. Ear ...

Francesco De Luca Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (disambiguation), seve ...

* Filippo Ascierto * Marino Zorzato (replaced by

Giorgio Conte Giorgio may refer to: * Castel Giorgio, ''comune'' in Umbria, Italy * Giorgio (name), an Italian given name and surname * Giorgio Moroder, or Giorgio, Italian record producer ** ''Giorgio'' (album), an album by Giorgio Moroder * "Giorgio" (song), ...

on 10 June 2010) * Lorena Milanato *

Luca Bellotti The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the most recent population from which all organisms now living on Earth share common descent—the most recent common ancestor of all current life on Earth. This includes all cellular organisms; t ...

* Giustina Destro

=Democratic Party

= * Massimo Calearo * Alessandro Naccarato * Margherita Miotto *

Federica Mogherini Federica Mogherini (; born 16 June 1973) is an Italian politician who served as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019. She previously served as It ...

* Giampaolo Fogliardi * Gian Pietro Dal Moro * Federico Testa * Daniela Sbrollini

=Union of the Centre

= * Roberto Rao * Antonio De Poli

=Italy of Values

= *

Antonio Borghesi Antonio Borghesi ( Bolzano, 30 September 1949 – 23 February 2017) was an Italian politician from Veneto. Borghesi, a university professor of economics, entered politics in 1995, when he was elected President of the Province of Verona supported ...

Veneto 2 (Venezia-Treviso-Belluno)

=Lega Nord

= * Gianpaolo Dozzo *

Guido Dussin Guido is a given name Latinised from the Old High German name Wido. It originated in Medieval Italy. Guido later became a male first name in Austria, Germany, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and Switzerland. The m ...

* Corrado Callegari * Luciano Dussin (replaced by Sabina Fabi on 15 December 2011) *

Franco Gidoni Franco Gidoni (Feltre, 4 January 1955) is a Venetist politician from Veneto, Italy. A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, Gidoni was deputy mayor of Belluno from 2006 to 2008 and a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2013, when he ...

Gianluca Forcolin Gianluca Forcolin (born 28 August 1968 in San Donà di Piave) is a Venetist politician from Veneto, Italy. A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord since 1993, Forcolin was long involved in municipal politics in his hometown, Musile di Piave, o ...

=The People of Freedom

= *

Renato Brunetta Renato Brunetta (born 15 May 1950) is an Italian economist and politician. He was the Minister of Public Administration and Innovation from 8 May 2008 to 16 November 2011 in the Berlusconi government, and he is, once again, the minister for ...

Adolfo Urso Adolfo Urso (born 12 July 1957 in Padua, Veneto) is an Italian politician and journalist. Biography Son of Sicilian parents, after studying in Acireale and Catania, Urso graduated in sociology at the "La Sapienza" University of Rome. He wa ...

* Fabio Gava * Valentino Valentini *

Maurizio Paniz Maurizio is an Italian masculine given name, derived from the Roman name Mauritius. Mauritius is a derivative of Maurus, meaning ''dark-skinned, Moorish''. List of people with the given name Maurizio Art and music * Maurizio Arcieri (born 1945), ...

* Catia Polidori

Senate

The People of Freedom

* Giancarlo Galan (replaced by Piero Longo on 29 April 2008) * Luigi Ramponi *

Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati Maria Elisabetta Casellati (; born 12 August 1946) is an Italian lawyer and politician. She was President of the Italian Senate from 2018 to 2022. She was the first woman ever to have held this position. Casellati is a long-time member of the li ...

Maurizio Sacconi Maurizio Sacconi ( Conegliano, 13 July 1950) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party, from 1979 to 1994 he was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and from 1987 to 1994 he served also as U ...

Maurizio Saia Maurizio is an Italian masculine given name, derived from the Roman name Mauritius. Mauritius is a derivative of Maurus, meaning ''dark-skinned, Moorish''. List of people with the given name Maurizio Art and music * Maurizio Arcieri (born 1945 ...

Paolo Scarpa Bonazza Buora Paolo is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Paul. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Paolo Art *Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter *Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American ...

Anna Bonfrisco Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...

* Maurizio Castro

Lega Nord

Federico Bricolo Federico Bricolo (born 13 July 1966) is an Italian politician. He is a Venetist and a member of Liga Veneta-Lega Nord. Career He has been member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2008 and of the Senate from 2008 to 2013. From 2005 to 2 ...

* Piergiorgio Stiffoni * Paolo Franco * Alberto Filippi * Gianvittore Vaccari * Gianpaolo Vallardi *

Luciano Cagnin Luciano is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese given name and surname. It is derived from Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of ''Lucius'' ("Light"). The French form is ''Lucien'', while the Basque form is ''Luken''. Single name * Luciano (rappe ...

Democratic Party

* Enrico Morando *

Maria Pia Garavaglia Mariapia Garavaglia (born 10 August 1947 in Cuggiono) is an Italian politician and professor, former Italian Minister of Health during the Carlo Azeglio Ciampi government and former Deputy Mayor of Rome. She has been member of the Christian ...

Paolo Giaretta Paolo Giaretta (born 14 March 1947) is an Italian politician from Veneto. He was born in Padua. A long-time Christian Democrat, Giaretta was Mayor of Padua from 1987 to 1993. In 1994, after the dissolution of Christian Democracy, he joined the ...

Felice Casson Felice Casson (born 5 August 1953 in Chioggia, Province of Venice) is an Italian magistrate and politician, who discovered the existence of Operation Gladio, a "stay-behind" NATO anti-communism, anti-communist army during the Cold War, while inve ...

Paolo Nerozzi Paolo is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Paul. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Paolo Art *Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter *Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American ...

* Maurizio Fistarol * Franca Donaggio * Marco Stradiotto

Italy of Values

Elio Lanutti Elio is an Italian male given name. Origin A name of dual origin, Elio is primarily a revival of it, Elio, label=none (Helios), the Greek god of the Sun. it, Elio, label=none derives, through the Latin ''Helius'', from the Ancient Greek ...

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