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

← 2003 26 October 2008 2013 →
All 35 seats to the Provincial council of Trentino
Majority party Minority party   Candidate Lorenzo Dellai Party UpT Lega Nord 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 (Northern League, 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
						Northern League 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

South Tyrol[]

2008 South Tyrol provincial election

← 2003 26 October 2008 2013 →
All 35 seats to the Landtag of South Tyrol
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Luis Durnwalder 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

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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 Northern League (LN) 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
	Northern League Alto Adige	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

References[]

External links[]

• Province of Trento – 2008 provincial election
• Province of Bolzano – 2008 provincial election^{[permanent dead link]}