Election Name: | 2008 Sicilian regional election |
Country: | Sicily |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2006 Sicilian regional election |
Previous Year: | 2006 |
Next Election: | 2012 Sicilian regional election |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Seats For Election: | All 90 seats to the Sicilian Regional Assembly |
Election Date: | 14 April 2008 |
Leader1: | Raffaele Lombardo |
Party1: | Movement for Autonomy |
Alliance1: | Centre-right coalition (Italy) |
Color1: | 0A6BE1 |
Seats1: | 61 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,862,959 |
Percentage1: | 65.4% |
Swing1: | 11.3% |
Leader2: | Anna Finocchiaro |
Party2: | Democratic Party (Italy) |
Alliance2: | Centre-left coalition (Italy) |
Color2: | EF3E3E |
Seats2: | 29 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 866,044 |
Percentage2: | 30.4% |
Swing2: | 11.2% |
President | |
Posttitle: | President-elect |
Before Election: | Salvatore Cuffaro |
Before Party: | UDC |
After Election: | Raffaele Lombardo |
After Party: | MpA |
Turnout: | 66.68% (7.52%) |
The 2008 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the Presidency of Sicily, Italy, was held on 13 and on 14 April 2008.
The election was competed by two main competitors: Raffaele Lombardo for the centre-right and Anna Finocchiaro for the centre-left. Lombardo won by a landslide, 65.3% against 30.4% of Finocchiaro.
Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Raffaele Lombardo | 1,862,959 | 62.35 | 1 | |||||||
The People of Freedom | 900,149 | 32.42 | 34 | |||||||
Movement for Autonomy | 371,418 | 13.95 | 15 | |||||||
Union of the Centre | 336,826 | 12.51 | 11 | |||||||
Lombardo for President | 119,892 | 4.45 | – | |||||||
Autonomist Democrats | 101,449 | 3.76 | – | |||||||
Total | 1,833,903 | 68.09 | 60 | |||||||
Anna Finocchiaro | 866,044 | 30.38 | 9 | |||||||
Democratic Party | 505,420 | 18.75 | 20 | |||||||
The Left – The Rainbow | 131,213 | 4.87 | – | |||||||
Finocchiaro for President | 83,700 | 3.11 | – | |||||||
Italy of Values | 49,726 | 1.85 | – | |||||||
Total | 770,059 | 28.59 | 20 | |||||||
Sonia Alfano | 69,551 | 2.44 | – | Friends of Beppe Grillo | 46,396 | 1.72 | – | |||
Ruggero Razza | 45,605 | 1.60 | – | The Right – Tricolour Flame | 39,143 | 1.45 | – | |||
Giuseppe Bonanno Conti | 6,606 | 0.23 | – | New Force | 3,876 | 0.14 | – | |||
Total candidates | 2,850,725 | 100.00 | 10 | Total parties | 2,693,377 | 100.00 | 80 | |||
Source: Sicilian Region |