Turnouts and election results of the general election in 2008

The 2008 general elections were held with the system introduced by Law No. 270 of 21 December 2005 (the so-called “Calderoli Law”), which replaced the previous laws number 276 and 277 of 1993 (Mattarellum). In order to be able to participate in the elections, the law provided for the prior obligation for each list, or coalition of lists, to deposit its own marking, a program and to indicate the person designated as head of the political force, or of the coalition. The law provided for a correct proportional system with a majority prize and the election of several MPs at the same time in extended colleges, without the possibility of indicating preferences. Different territorial areas were envisaged for the award of the majority prize: for the Chamber, the entire national territory (excluding Valle d’Aosta); for the Senate, the single constituency, coinciding with the territory of a Region[11], except for the regions Valle d’Aosta, Molise and Trentino-Alto Adige. The dataset contains data relating to the 2008 general elections as regards both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. For both the chamber and the Senate there are only lists of parties. — The data comes from the DataWareHouse of the Municipality, managed on SAS platform. The data produced by the statistical office responsible for the publication and collection of data at the election part-session.