Back الانتخابات العامة الإيطالية 2008 Arabic Eleiciones xenerales d'Italia de 2008 AST Eleccions legislatives italianes de 2008 Catalan Parlamentsvalget i Italien 2008 Danish Parlamentswahlen in Italien 2008 German Ιταλικές γενικές εκλογές 2008 Greek Elecciones generales de Italia de 2008 Spanish 2008. aasta Itaalia parlamendivalimised Estonian Élections parlementaires italiennes de 2008 French הבחירות הכלליות באיטליה 2008 HE
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All 630 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 316 seats needed for a majority All 315 elective seats in the Senate 162 seats needed for a majority[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 47,041,814 (C) · 42,358,775 (S) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 37,874,569 (C) · 80.5% ( 3.1 pp) 34,058,406 (S) · 80.4% ( 3.1 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Election results maps for the Chamber of Deputies (on the left) and for the Senate (on the right). On the left, the color identifies the coalition which received the most votes in each province. On the right, the color identifies the coalition which won the most seats in respect to each Region. Blue denotes the Centre-right coalition, Red the Centre-left coalition, and Gray regional parties. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A snap election was held in Italy on 13–14 April 2008.[1] The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved the Italian Parliament on 6 February 2008, following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote of confidence[2] and the unsuccessful tentative appointment of Franco Marini with the aim to change the current electoral law. Under Italian law, elections must be held within 70 days of the dissolution. The voting determined the leader of Italy's 62nd government since the end of World War II.[3] The coalition led by ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from The People of Freedom party defeated that of former Mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni of the Democratic Party.[4]
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- ^ "Italy's President Dissolves Parliament, Forces Vote". Bloomberg.com. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
- ^ "Italy to hold snap April election". BBC News. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
- ^ "Berlusconi plans Naples clean-up". BBC News. 15 April 2008.
- ^ "Berlusconi declares election win". BBC News. 14 April 2008.