The Italian general election of 2008 took place on 13–14 April 2008.
The People of Freedom was the largest party in Sardinia with 42.4%, while the Democratic Party came second with 36.2%.
|-|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Coalitions leaders!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes (%)!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|seats!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Parties!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes (%)!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|seats|-!rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"|Silvio Berlusconi|rowspan="2" valign="top"|390,076|rowspan="2" valign="top"|43.7|rowspan="2" valign="top"|5|align="left"|The People of Freedom|valign="top"|384,950|valign="top"|43.2|valign="top"|5|-|align="left"|Movement for Autonomy|valign="top"|5,126|valign="top"|0.6|valign="top"|-|-!rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"|Walter Veltroni|rowspan="2" valign="top"|360,485|rowspan="2" valign="top"|40.4|rowspan="2" valign="top"|4|align="left"|Democratic Party|valign="top"|325,919|valign="top"|36.6|valign="top"|4|-|align="left"|Italy of Values|valign="top"|34,566|valign="top"|3.9|valign="top"|-|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Pier Ferdinando Casini|rowspan="1" valign="top"|49,624|rowspan="1" valign="top"|5.6|rowspan="1" valign="top"|-|align="left"|Union of the Centre|valign="top"|49,624|valign="top"|5.6|valign="top"|-|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Fausto Bertinotti|rowspan="1" valign="top"|29,628|rowspan="1" valign="top"|3.3|rowspan="1" valign="top"|-|align="left"|The Left – The Rainbow|valign="top"|29,628|valign="top"|3.3|valign="top"|-|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Giacomo Sanna|rowspan="1" valign="top"|15,280|rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.7|rowspan="1" valign="top"|-|align="left"|Sardinian Action Party|valign="top"|15,280|valign="top"|1.7|valign="top"|-|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Enrico Boselli|rowspan="1" valign="top"|12,728|rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.4|rowspan="1" valign="top"|-|align="left"|Socialist Party|valign="top"|12,728|valign="top"|1.4|valign="top"|-|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Daniela Santanchè|rowspan="1" valign="top"|11,073|rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.2|rowspan="1" valign="top"|-|align="left"|The Right–Tricolour Flame|valign="top"|11,073|valign="top"|1.2|valign="top"|-|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Bustianu Cumpostu|rowspan="1" valign="top"|6,972|rowspan="1" valign="top"|0.8|rowspan="1" valign="top"|-|align="left"|Sardinia Nation|valign="top"|6,972|valign="top"|0.8|valign="top"|-|-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Others|rowspan="1" valign="top"|15,855|rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.8|rowspan="1" valign="top"|-|align="left"|Others|valign="top"|18,855|valign="top"|1.8|valign="top"|-|-|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total coalitions!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|891,721!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|9!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total parties!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|891,721!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|9|}Source: Ministry of the Interior