Sicilian regional election, 2008

Sicilian regional election, 2008

April 14, 2008

All 90 seats to the Sicilian Parliament   Majority party Minority party   Leader Raffaele Lombardo Anna Finocchiaro Party Movement for Autonomy Democratic Party Seats won 61 29 Popular vote 1,862,959 866,044 Percentage 65.4% 30.4%

Composition of the Sicilian Regional Assembly

President of Sicily before election Salvatore Cuffaro House of Freedoms President of Sicily Raffaele Lombardo Movement for Autonomy

The Sicilian regional election of 2008 for the renewal of the Regional Assembly and the election of the Presidency of Sicily, Italy, was held on 13 -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.

Results

Candidates & parties	votes	votes (%)	seats reg. list	seats prov. lists
Raffaele Lombardo	1,862,959	65.35	1	60
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 President	119,892	4.45	→	0
Autonomist Democrats	101,449	3.76	→	0
Anna Finocchiaro	866,044	30.38	9	20
Democratic Party	505,420	18.75	→	20
The Left – The Rainbow	131,213	4.87	→	0
Anna Finocchiaro President	83,700	3.11	→	0
Italy of Values	49,726	1.85	→	0
Sonia Alfano	69,551	2.44	–	0
Friends of Beppe Grillo	46,396	1.72	→	0
Ruggero Razza	45,605	1.60	–	0
The Right–Tricolour Flame	39,143	1.45	→	0
Giuseppe Bonanno Conti	6,606	0.23	–	0
New Force	3,876	0.14	→	0
Total	2,850,725	100.00	10	80

Source: Sicilian Region