2008 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

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
2008 Trentino provincial election
26 October 2008
All 35 seats to the Provincial council of Trentino
  Majority party Minority party
 
Candidate Lorenzo Dellai Sergio Divina
Party UpT League
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Seats won 21 13
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 185,046 105,696
Percentage 57.0% 36.5%
Swing 3.8% 5.8%
President before election

Lorenzo Dellai
UpT

 Elected President

Lorenzo Dellai
UpT

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%
LN
 
 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
2008 South Tyrol provincial election
26 October 2008
All 35 seats to the Landtag of South Tyrol
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Luis Durnwalder Pius Leitner Michela Biancofiore
Party SVP dF PdL
Seats won 18 5 3
Popular vote 146,545 43,614 25,294
Percentage 48.1% 14.3% 8.3%
Governor before election

Luis Durnwalder
SVP

 Elected Governor

Luis Durnwalder
SVP

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
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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 (LNST) 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%
LN
 
 2.1%
Unitalia
 
 1.9%
IdV
 
 1.6%
UDC
 
 1.2%
BB
 
 1.2%
LPM
 
 1.1%
PRC
 
 0.7%
PdCI
 
 0.4%

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2008-10-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Excluded from the race, the UDC endorsed Dellai and the UpT.
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