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Italy 2008 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2008 parliamentary election in Italy?

Forza Italia won 276 of 630 seats with 38.2% of the vote. 75.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Italy
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Forza Italia won 276 of 630 seats with 38.2% of the vote; 75.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 6.2 points on 2006.

  • Forza Italia 276 +136 seats 38.2% +14.6 points
  • Democratic Party 217 34.0%
  • Lega Nord 60 +34 seats 8.3% +3.8 points
  • Union of the Centre 36 −3 seats 5.8% −0.9 points
  • Italy of Values 29 +12 seats 4.5% +2.2 points
  • Communist Refoundation Party 0 −41 seats 3.2% −2.5 points
  • Tricolour Flame 0 2.5%
  • Movement for Autonomy 8 1.1%
  • South Tyrolean People's Party 2 −2 seats 0.4% −0.1 points
  • Associative Italians Abroad 1 0 seats 0.2% 0.0 points
  • Autonomy Liberty Democracy 1 0 seats 0.1% 0.0 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Italy 2006 parliamentary election, party by party.

316 of 630 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 38.2%

    Share of the vote won by Forza Italia

    Forza Italia won 276 of 630 seats. A majority needs 316.

  2. +136 seats

    Seats gained by Forza Italia

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2006. Union of the Centre lost 3 seats.

  3. 75.5%

    Voter turnout

    Down 6.2 points on 2006.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Forza Italia276+13638.2+14.613,965,781
Democratic Party21734.012,434,260
Lega Nord60+348.3+3.83,026,865
Union of the Centre36−35.8−0.92,138,246
Italy of Values29+124.5+2.21,636,173
Communist Refoundation Partywith Party of Italian Communists and Federation of the Greens0−413.2−2.51,152,793
Tricolour Flame02.5899,935
Movement for Autonomy81.1410,499
South Tyrolean People's Party2−20.4−0.1147,718
Associative Italians Abroad100.20.086,970
Autonomy Liberty Democracy100.10.029,314

± is the change against the Italy 2006 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Forza Italia 13,965,781
  • Democratic Party 12,434,260
  • Lega Nord 3,026,865
  • Union of the Centre 2,138,246
  • Italy of Values 1,636,173
  • Communist Refoundation Party 1,152,793
  • Tricolour Flame 899,935
  • Movement for Autonomy 410,499
  • South Tyrolean People's Party 147,718
  • Associative Italians Abroad 86,970
  • Autonomy Liberty Democracy 29,314

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

75.5% of the 50,257,354 registered voters cast a ballot (37,954,253 ballots), down 6.2 points on 2006. 36,530,777 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Forza Italia38.2% of votes43.8% of seats
  • Democratic Party34.0% of votes34.4% of seats
  • Lega Nord8.3% of votes9.5% of seats
  • Union of the Centre5.8% of votes5.7% of seats
  • Italy of Values4.5% of votes4.6% of seats
  • Movement for Autonomy1.1% of votes1.3% of seats
  • South Tyrolean People's Party0.4% of votes0.3% of seats
  • Associative Italians Abroad0.2% of votes0.2% of seats
  • Autonomy Liberty Democracy0.1% of votes0.2% of seats
  • Communist Refoundation Party3.2% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Tricolour Flame2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 3.1 by seats; Forza Italia led Democratic Party by 4.2 points of the vote.

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