Sicilian regional election, 2008

Sicilian regional election, 2008

April 14, 2008
All 90 seats to the Sicilian Parliament
Majority party Minority party   160x160px 160x160px Leader Raffaele Lombardo Anna Finocchiaro Party [[Movement for Autonomy|Template:Movement for Autonomy/meta/shortname]] Democratic Party Seats won 61 29 Popular vote 1,862,959 866,044 Percentage 65.4% 30.4%
250px Composition of the Sicilian Regional Assembly
President of Sicily before election Salvatore Cuffaro House of Freedoms President of Sicily Raffaele Lombardo [[Movement for Autonomy|Template:Movement for Autonomy/meta/shortname]]

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