Italian general election, 2008 (Sardinia)
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The Italian general election of 2008
Italian general election, 2008
A snap general election was held in Italy on 13 April and 14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on 6 February 2008 following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote, and the unsuccessful tentative...

took place on 13–14 April 2008.

The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....

 was the largest party in Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...

 with 42.4%, while the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Italy)
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....

 came second with 36.2%.

Chamber of Deputies


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!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Coalitions leaders
!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes
!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes (%)
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!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Parties
!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes
!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes (%)
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!rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"|Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...


|rowspan="2" valign="top"|421,420
|rowspan="2" valign="top"|43.1
|rowspan="2" valign="top"|9

|align="left"|The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....


|valign="top"|415,252
|valign="top"|42.4
|valign="top"|9
|-
|align="left"|Movement for Autonomy
Movement for Autonomy
The Movement for Autonomies is a regionalist Christian democratic political party in Italy. It demands economic development and greater autonomy for Sicily, mainly, and for other regions of Southern Italy...


|valign="top"|6,168
|valign="top"|0.6
|valign="top"|-

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!rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"|Walter Veltroni
Walter Veltroni
Walter Veltroni, Knight Grand Cross, is an Italian writer, 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 served as Mayor of Rome from 2001 to 2008.-Biography:Walter Veltroni was...


|rowspan="2" valign="top"|393,078
|rowspan="2" valign="top"|40.2
|rowspan="2" valign="top"|8

|align="left"|Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Italy)
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....


|valign="top"|354,212
|valign="top"|36.2
|valign="top"|7
|-
|align="left"|Italy of Values
Italy of Values
Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give...


|valign="top"|38,866
|valign="top"|4.0
|valign="top"|1

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!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Pier Ferdinando Casini
Pier Ferdinando Casini
Pier Ferdinando Casini is an Italian politician.-Biography:President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2006...


|rowspan="1" valign="top"|54,665
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|5.6
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|1

|align="left"|Union of the Centre
|valign="top"|54,665
|valign="top"|5.6
|valign="top"|1

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!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Fausto Bertinotti
Fausto Bertinotti
Fausto Bertinotti is an Italian politician and former leader of the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista. On April 29, 2006, after the center-left coalition's victory in the Italian general election, he was chosen by the new parliament as President of the Chamber of Deputies .-Trade...


|rowspan="1" valign="top"|35,097
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|3.6
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|-

|align="left"|The Left – The Rainbow
The Left – The Rainbow
The Left – The Rainbow , frequently referred as Rainbow Left , was a left-wing federation of parties in Italy....


|valign="top"|35,097
|valign="top"|3.6
|valign="top"|-

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!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Enrico Boselli
Enrico Boselli
Enrico Boselli is an Italian politician. He is currently Vice President of Alliance for Italy, and is the former leader of the Italian Democratic Socialists and the modern-day Italian Socialist Party....


|rowspan="1" valign="top"|15,202
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.5
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|-

|align="left"|Socialist Party
Socialist Party (Italy)
The Italian Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy.The party was founded in 2007–2008 by the merger of six minor social-democratic parties and groups: the Italian Democratic Socialists, Democracy and Socialism, The Italian Socialists, the Socialist Party–De Michelis,...


|valign="top"|15,202
|valign="top"|1.5
|valign="top"|-

|-
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Daniela Santanchè
Daniela Santanchè
Daniela Garnero Santanché is an Italian entrepreneur and a politician. She was Undersecretary to the Minister of Platform Accomplishment from 2010 to 2011 during Berlusconi IV Cabinet.-Studies and personal life:...


|rowspan="1" valign="top"|15,081
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.5
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|-

|align="left"|The Right
The Right
The Right is a national-conservative political party in Italy.-Foundation:On 3 July 2007 Storace announced his resignation from National Alliance in a letter posted on his website, claiming that it had become too centrist and moderate and in protest against the lack of internal democracy in the...


|valign="top"|15,081
|valign="top"|1.5
|valign="top"|-

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!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Giacomo Sanna
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|14,856
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.5
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|-

|align="left"|Sardinian Action Party
Sardinian Action Party
The Sardinian Action Party is a regionalist social-democratic political party in Sardinia, which has recently sided with The People of Freedom, the largest centre-right party in Italy.-History:...


|valign="top"|14,856
|valign="top"|1.5
|valign="top"|-

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!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Bustianu Cumpostu
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|7,182
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|0.7
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|-

|align="left"|Sardinia Nation
Sardinia Nation
Sardinia Nation is a minor separatist and democratic-socialist political party in Sardinia, Italy. Its leader is Bustianu Cumpostu.-History:...


|valign="top"|7,182
|valign="top"|0.7
|valign="top"|-

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!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Others
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|21,863
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.5
|rowspan="1" valign="top"|-

|align="left"|Others
|valign="top"|21,863
|valign="top"|1.5
|valign="top"|-

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!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total coalitions
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|978,444
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|18
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total parties
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|978,444
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|18
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Source: Ministry of the Interior

MPs elected in Sardinia

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