The Italian general election of 2008 took place on 13–14 April 2008.
In Trentino the centre-right came first thanks to the strong showing of Lega Nord, while in South Tyrol the South Tyrolean People's Party was confirmed as the largest party, but lost many votes to its right-wing competitors, Die Freiheitlichen and Union for South Tyrol.
|-|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Coalition leader!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes (%)!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Party!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes (%)|-!rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"|Silvio Berlusconi|rowspan="2" valign="top"|139,088|rowspan="2" valign="top"|43.9|align="left"|The People of Freedom|valign="top"|86,977|valign="top"|27.4|-|align="left"|Lega Nord|valign="top"|52,111|valign="top"|16.4|-!rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"|Walter Veltroni|rowspan="2" valign="top"|117,508|rowspan="2" valign="top"|37.1|align="left"|Democratic Party|valign="top"|102,359|valign="top"|32.3|-|align="left"|Italy of Values|valign="top"|15,149|valign="top"|4.8|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Pier Ferdinando Casini|rowspan="1" valign="top"|20,307|rowspan="1" valign="top"|6.4|align="left"|Union of the Centre|valign="top"|20,307|valign="top"|6.4|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Siegfried Brugger|rowspan="1" valign="top"|15,054|rowspan="1" valign="top"|4.8|align="left"|South Tyrolean People's Party|valign="top"|15,054|valign="top"|4.8|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Fausto Bertinotti|rowspan="1" valign="top"|9,374|rowspan="1" valign="top"|3.0|align="left"|The Left – The Rainbow|valign="top"|9,374|valign="top"|3.0|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Daniela Santanchè|rowspan="1" valign="top"|7,370|rowspan="1" valign="top"|2.3|align="left"|The Right|valign="top"|7,370|valign="top"|2.3|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Others|rowspan="1" valign="top"|8,220|rowspan="1" valign="top"|2.6|align="left"|others|valign="top"|8,220|valign="top"|2.6|-|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total coalitions!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|316,921!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total parties!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|316,921!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0|}Source: Ministry of the Interior
|-|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Coalition leader!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes (%)!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Party!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes (%)|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Siegfried Brugger|rowspan="1" valign="top"|132,612|rowspan="1" valign="top"|44.3|align="left"|South Tyrolean People's Party|valign="top"|132,612|valign="top"|44.3|-!rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"|Walter Veltroni|rowspan="2" valign="top"|53,924|rowspan="2" valign="top"|18.0|align="left"|Democratic Party|valign="top"|48,613|valign="top"|16.4|-|align="left"|Italy of Values|valign="top"|5,311|valign="top"|1.7|-!rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"|Silvio Berlusconi|rowspan="2" valign="top"|47,966|rowspan="2" valign="top"|16.0|align="left"|The People of Freedom|valign="top"|42,015|valign="top"|14.0|-|align="left"|Lega Nord|valign="top"|5,951|valign="top"|2.0|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Pius Leitner|rowspan="1" valign="top"|28,224|rowspan="1" valign="top"|9.4|align="left"|Die Freiheitlichen|valign="top"|28,224|valign="top"|9.4|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Andreas Pöder|rowspan="1" valign="top"|12,443|rowspan="1" valign="top"|4.2|align="left"|Union for South Tyrol|valign="top"|12,443|valign="top"|4.2|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Fausto Bertinotti|rowspan="1" valign="top"|9,933|rowspan="1" valign="top"|3.3|align="left"|The Left – The Rainbow|valign="top"|9,933|valign="top"|3.3|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Pier Ferdinando Casini|rowspan="1" valign="top"|5,380|rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.8|align="left"|Union of the Centre|valign="top"|5,380|valign="top"|1.8|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Daniela Santanchè|rowspan="1" valign="top"|5,067|rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.7|align="left"|The Right|valign="top"|5,067|valign="top"|1.7|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Others|rowspan="1" valign="top"|3,751|rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.3|align="left"|others|valign="top"|3,751|valign="top"|1.3|-|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total coalitions!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|299,300!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total parties!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|299,300!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0|}Source: Ministry of the Interior