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

Veneto Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ...

by the centre-right coalition between

The People of Freedom The People of Freedom (, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL launched by Silvio Berlusconi as an electoral list, including and National Alliance, on 27 February for the 2008 Italian general election. The list was later t ...

and

Lega Nord Lega Nord (LN; ), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing politics, right-wing, federalism, federalist, populism, populist and conservatism, conservative list of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy. In the run-up to the 201 ...

, 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 (26.5%).

Results

Chamber of Deputies

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Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; 29 September 193612 June 2023) was an Italian Media proprietor, media tycoon and politician who served as the prime minister of Italy in three governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a mem ...

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

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Italy of Values Italy of Values (, 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 party in 2014. IdV has ai ...

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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 (Italy), President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2006. Casini is the honorary president of the Centrist Democra ...

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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 (, SA), frequently referred as Rainbow Left (), was a left-wing federation of parties in Italy that participated in the 2008 general election. History The federation was officially launched on 8–9 December 2007 with t ...

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Daniela Santanchè Daniela Garnero (born 7 April 1961), commonly known by her former married name as Daniela Santanchè (), is an Italian politician. Between 2010 and 2011 she served as Undersecretary to the Ministry for the Implementation of the Government Progra ...

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The Right Right-wing politics is the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that view certain social orders and Social stratification, hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position b ...

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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 Fabi ...

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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 fo ...

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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 ...

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List of Speaking Crickets A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...

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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 ...

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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 th ...

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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 Stefano Stefani (29 September 1938 – 30 April 2024) was an Italian politician and leading member of the regional secessionist Liga Veneta–Lega Nord. Background Stefani was a veteran member of the party, having joined Liga Veneta in the 1980 ...

Matteo Bragantini Matteo is the Italian form of the given name Matthew. Another form is Mattia. The Hebrew meaning of Matteo is "gift of god". Matteo can also be used as a patronymic surname, often in the forms of de Matteo, De Matteo or DeMatteo, meaning " escend ...

Manuela Dal Lago Manuela Dal Lago (Vicenza, 10 August 1946) is an Italian politician. She is member of Liga Veneta-Lega Nord. In the late 1970s she started her political career in the Italian Liberal Party, reaching the position of youth leader of the party in ...

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) is an Italian Venetist politician. Born in Padua, he is a member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, of which he served as national president since 2016. In 1993, he joined Lega Nord and was deputy mayor of Cittade ...

Paola Goisis Paola is a female given name, the Italian form of the name Paula. In Greek it is Polina. Notable people with the name include: People In arts and entertainment * Paola Del Medico (born 1950), Swiss singer * Paola e Chiara, pop music duo consis ...

Alessandro Montagnoli Alessandro Montagnoli ( Isola della Scala, 28 March 1973) is a Venetist politician from Veneto, Italy. A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord since 1992, Montagnoli was elected mayor of Oppeano in 2004 and re-elected in 2009. In the 2008 general ...

Manuela Lanzarin Manuela Lanzarin (born 3 June 1971 in Bassano del Grappa) is a Venetist politician from Veneto, Italy. A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord since the early 1990s, Lanzarin was mayor of Rosà from 2002 to 2012. In the 2008 general election she w ...

Emanuela Munerato 576 Emanuela is an asteroid orbiting the Sun The Sun is the star at the centre of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the e ...

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- ...

=The People of Freedom

= * Niccolò Ghedini * Alberto Giorgetti * Aldo Brancher *

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

* Filippo Ascierto * Marino Zorzato (replaced by

Giorgio Conte Giorgio Conte (born 23 April 1941) is an Italian singer-songwriter and composer. Life and career Born in Asti, Conte is the younger brother of singer-songwriter Paolo Conte.Cotto, Massimo (1990). "Conte, Giorgio". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). ' ...

on 10 June 2010) *

Lorena Milanato Lorena may refer to: People and fictional characters * Lorena (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Liza Lorena (born 1949), Filipino actress * Lorena (footballer), Brazilian footballer * Lorena Gómez ( ...

* Luca Bellotti * Giustina Destro

=Democratic Party

= *

Massimo Calearo Massimo Calearo Ciman (born 23 November 1955 in Vicenza) is an Italian entrepreneur and former politician from Veneto. Chairman of Calearo Antenne spa, the family company producing antennas. Before entering politics he held several leadership role ...

Alessandro Naccarato Alessandro is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Alexander. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Alessandro * Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter * Alessandro Baricco ...

* 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. A member of the Democratic ...

Giampaolo Fogliardi Giampaolo or Gianpaolo is an Italian male given name or surname. Its English translation is "John Paul". It is often short for "Giovanni Paolo". Notable people with the name include: Given name * Gianpaolo Ambrosi, Italian luger * Gianpaolo Bell ...

* Gian Pietro Dal Moro *

Federico Testa Federico (; ) is a given name and surname. It is a form of Frederick, most commonly found in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. People with the given name Federico Arts and language * Federico Ágreda, Venezuelan composer and DJ * Federico Aguila ...

Daniela Sbrollini Daniela Sbrollini (born 30 September 1971) is an Italian politician. Biography Born in Latiano, Sbrollini was elected deputy at the Italian parliament in 2008 and in 2013 with the Democratic Party. In 2018, she was elected to the Italian Senate ...

=Union of the Centre

= * Roberto Rao *

Antonio De Poli Antonio De Poli (born 4 October 1960 in Vicenza) is an Italian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for North-East with the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, part of the European People's Party. In the EP he was vice-chair ...

=Italy of Values

= * Antonio Borghesi

Veneto 2 (Venezia-Treviso-Belluno)

=Lega Nord

= *

Gianpaolo Dozzo Gianpaolo Dozzo (2 October 1954 – 4 June 2024) was a Venetist politician and leading member of the Liga Veneta–Lega Nord. Dozzo joined Liga Veneta in 1982, seven years before the foundation of Lega Nord, and was first elected to the Chambe ...

Guido Dussin Guido is a given name. It has been a male first name in Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Argentina, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal and Latin America, as well as other places with migration from those. Regarding origins, there ...

* Corrado Callegari * Luciano Dussin (replaced by Sabina Fabi on 15 December 2011) * Franco Gidoni * Gianluca Forcolin

=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. He was also the Minister for Public Admin ...

Adolfo Urso Adolfo Urso (born 12 July 1957) is an Italian politician and journalist. Early life and career The son of Sicilian parents, Urso was born in Padua. After studying in Acireale and Catania, he graduated in sociology at the Sapienza University of ...

Fabio Gava Fabio Gava (born 26 October 1949 in Godega di Sant'Urbano) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A member of the Italian Liberal Party (PLI) since 1967, he joined Forza Italia (FI) in 1993 following his long-time friend Giancarlo Galan. Elected t ...

* Valentino Valentini * Maurizio Paniz *

Catia Polidori CATIA (, an acronym of computer-aided three-dimensional interactive application) is a multi-platform software suite for computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-aided engineering (CAE), 3D modeling and product lif ...

=Democratic Party

= *

Andrea Martella Andrea Martella (born August 27, 1968, in Portogruaro, Italy) is an Italian politician. Biography He was elected in 2001 to the Chamber of Deputies, reconfirmed in 2006, 2008 and 2013 respectively. Martella was secretary of the Democrats of t ...

* Pier Paolo Baretta *

Simonetta Rubinato Simonetta is an Italian surname and female given. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Simonetta Colonna di Cesarò (1922-2011), Italian duchess and fashion designer *Simonetta Moro, Italian fine artist *Simonetta Puccini (1929–2017) ...

* Rodolfo Viola *

Delia Murer DeliaDella as a diminutive is a feminine given name either taken from an epithet of the Greek mythology, Greek moon goddess Artemis, or else representing a Abbreviation, short form of ''Adela (name), Adelia'', ''Bridget (given name), Bedelia'', '' ...

* Francesco Tempestini

=Union of the Centre

= * Luisa Capitanio Santolini

=Italy of Values

= * Massimo Donadi

Senate

The People of Freedom

Giancarlo Galan Giancarlo Galan (born 10 September 1956) is an Italian politician. Career Born in Padua, Galan was an activist of the Italian Liberal Party in the 1970s and the 1980s. He was not fully active in politics until he joined Forza Italia since its ...

(replaced by

Piero Longo Piero is an Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Piero Angela (1928–2022), Italian television host * Piero Barucci (born 1933), Italian academic and politician *Piero Cassano (born 1948), Italian keyboardist, singer and comp ...

on 29 April 2008) *

Luigi Ramponi Luigi (; ) is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Part of Nintendo's ''Mario'' franchise, he is a kind-hearted, cowardly Italian plumber, and the younger fraternal twin brother and sidekick of Mario. Like ...

* Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati *

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 Under ...

* Maurizio Saia *

Paolo Scarpa Bonazza Buora Paolo is a masculine given name, the Italian form of the name Paul. It may refer to: People Art * Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American sculptor * Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter * Paolo Antonio Barbieri (1603–1649), Ital ...

Anna Bonfrisco Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna of East Anglia, King (died c.654) * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th ce ...

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Lega Nord

* Federico Bricolo * 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 (rapper) ...

Democratic Party

Enrico Morando Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from '' Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry ( English), Henri ( French), ...

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 Demo ...

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 *

Paolo Nerozzi Paolo is a masculine given name, the Italian form of the name Paul. It may refer to: People Art * Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American sculptor * Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter * Paolo Antonio Barbieri (1603–1649), Ital ...

Maurizio Fistarol Maurizio Fistarol (Belluno, 12 April 1957) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A member of the Italian Communist Party and, later, of the Democratic Party of the Left, Fistarol was elected Mayor of Belluno in 1993. Re-elected in 1997, he was ...

* Franca Donaggio *

Marco Stradiotto Marco Stradiotto (born 7 October 1965) is an Italian politician. Stradiotto was born in Noale. He was elected to the Legislature XIV of Italy, Legislature XIV as a member of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies, serving from 200 ...

Italy of Values

* Elio Lanutti {{Elections in Veneto Elections in Veneto General, Veneto