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2008 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

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2008 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

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Provincial election in Trentino
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Lorenzo Dellai Sergio Divina
Party Union for Trentino Lega Nord
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Seats won 21 13
Seat change Decrease2 Increase2
Popular vote 185,046 105,696
Percentage 57.0% 36.5%
Swing Decrease3.8% Increase5.8%

President before election

Lorenzo Dellai
UpT

Elected President

Lorenzo Dellai
UpT

Provincial election in South Tyrol

All 35 seats to the Landtag of South Tyrol
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
SVP Luis Durnwalder 48.1 18 −3
dF Pius Leitner 14.3 5 +3
PdL Michaela Biancofiore 8.3 3 −1
PD Christian Tommasini 6.0 2 New
Greens Riccardo Dello Sbarba 5.8 2 −1
STF Eva Klotz 4.9 2 New
UfS Andreas Pöder 2.3 1 −1
LN Elena Artioli 2.1 1 +1
Unitalia Donato Seppi 1.9 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Governor before Elected Governor
Luis Durnwalder
SVP
Arno Kompatscher
SVP

The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections of 2008 took place on 26 October 2008 in South Tyrol and on 9 November in the Trentino. It was the first time since 1946 that elections were not held on the same day.

The Trentino election was postponed as the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats' list (which would have supported Lorenzo Dellai) was excluded from the race due to lack of signatures.[1][2]

Trentino

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In Trentino, where the President is elected directly by the people, incumbent Lorenzo Dellai (Union for Trentino, supported also by the Democratic Party, the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party, the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats,[3] the Greens and Democrats of Trentino, Loyal to Trentino, Italy of Values, and the Ladin Autonomist Union) defeated Sergio Divina (Lega Nord Trentino, supported also by The People of Freedom, Divina Civic List, Popular Autonomists, United Valleys, Fassa Association, Pensioners' Party, The Right, Tricolour Flame and other minor parties) by a landslide.

The Democratic Party (PD) became the largest party in the Province, followed by Union for Trentino (UpT) and Lega Nord Trentino (LNT). The People of Freedom (PdL) lost many votes to LNT, UPT and the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT). In fact both UpT and PATT were centrist parties, running strong campaigns at the provincial level.

2008 Trentino provincial election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Lorenzo Dellai 185,046 56.99 1
Democratic Party 59,219 21.62 8
Union for Trentino 49,035 17.92 6
Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party 23,336 8.52 3
Greens and Democrats of Trentino 7,579 2.77 1
Italy of Values 7,474 2.73 1
Loyal to Trentino 6,435 2.35
Ladin Autonomist Union 3,205 1.17 1
Total 156,283 57.08 20
Sergio Divina 105,696 36.50 1
Lega Nord Trentino 38,536 14.07 6
The People of Freedom 33,597 12.26 5
Divina Civic List 11,832 4.32 1
United Valleys 5,846 2.13
Pensioners' Party 3,597 1.31
Fassa Association 1,669 0.61
Tricolour Flame 1,652 0.60
The Right 1,643 0.60
Public Houses Inhabitants 1,375 0.50
Popular Autonomists 803 0.29
Total 100,550 36.70 12
Nerio Giovanazzi 8,401 2.90 1
Administer Trentino 4,429 1.62
Youth for Trentino 2,717 0.99
Total 7,146 2.61
Remo Andreolli 5,653 1.95 Democrats for Trentino 5,363 1.96
Agostino Catalano 3,354 1.16 The Left (incl. PRC, SD) 3,190 1.16
Gianfranco Valduga 1,447 0.50 Party of Italian Communists 1,373 0.50
Total candidates 289,598 100.00 3 Total parties 273,919 100.00 30
Source: Province of Trento – Results
Popular vote (party)
PD
21.6%
UpT
17.9%
LNT
14.1%
PdL
12.3%
PATT
8.5%
Divina List
4.3%
VDT
2.8%
IdV
2.7%
LaT
2.4%
VU
2.1%
DpT
2.0%
AT
1.6%
Others
6.7%
Popular vote (president)
Dellai
57.0%
Divina
36.5%
Giovanazzi
2.9%
Andreolli
2.0%
Catalano
1.1%
Valduga
0.5%

South Tyrol

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In South Tyrol the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP), which had governed the Province for sixty years, was confirmed by far as the largest party, but lost many votes to Die Freiheitlichen. Also South Tyrolean Freedom (a splinter group from Union for South Tyrol) and Lega Nord Alto Adige Südtirol (LNAAST) made gains, while The People of Freedom (PdL), the Democratic Party (PD) and the Greens all lost votes and seats.

After the election President Luis Durnwalder proposed a coalition composed of SVP, PD and LNST,[4] but finally stuck to the SVP–PD alliance.

Parties Votes % Seats
South Tyrolean People's Party 146,545 48.1 18
Die Freiheitlichen 43,614 14.3 5
The People of Freedom 25,294 8.3 3
Democratic Party 18,139 6.0 2
Greens 17,743 5.8 2
South Tyrolean Freedom 14,888 4.9 2
Union for South Tyrol 7,048 2.3 1
Lega Nord Alto Adige Südtirol 6,411 2.1 1
Unitalia 5,688 1.9 1
Italy of Values 5,009 1.6
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 3,792 1.2
Citizens' Movement 3,662 1.2
Ladins Dolomites 3,334 1.1
Left for South Tyrol (inlc. PRC, PS, SD) 2,226 0.7
Party of Italian Communists 1,262 0.4
Total 304,615 100.0 35
Source: Province of Bolzano – Results
Popular vote
SVP
48.1%
dF
14.3%
PdL
8.3%
PD
6.0%
Grüne
5.8%
STF
4.9%
UfS
2.3%
LNAAST
2.1%
Unitalia
1.9%
IdV
1.6%
UDC
1.2%
BB
1.2%
LPM
1.1%
PRC
0.7%
PdCI
0.4%

References

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  1. ^ "Le elezioni provinciali rinviate al 9 novembre | Trentino". Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  2. ^ "Elezioni a Trentosi votera il 9 novembre - Cronaca - Trentino Corrier…". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.
  3. ^ Excluded from the race, the UDC endorsed Dellai and the UpT.
  4. ^ "Giunta l-SVP bacia la LegaPd sempre piu in difficolta - Cronaca - Alt…". Archived from the original on 19 July 2012.
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