Election: defenitive Senate and House results

| Wed, 04/16/2008 - 03:38

The following are the definitive results from Italy's two-day general election for both the Senate and the House:

SENATE: total votes % of vote seats

CENTRE RIGHT (Silvio Berlusconi candidate for premier)
People of Freedom (PDL) 12,510,306 38.2 141
Northern League 2,642,167 8.1 25
MpA 355,076 1.1 2
PDL-League-MpA coalition 15,507,549 47.3 168

CENTRE LEFT (Walter Veltroni candidate for premier):
Democratic Party (PD) 11,042,325 33.7 116
Italy of Values (IDV) 1,414,118 4.3 14
PD-IDV 12,456,443 38.0 130

OTHERS:
UDC 1,866,294 5.7 3

Left-Rainbow 1,053,154 3.2 0

The Right 687,211 2.1 0

Socalist Party 284,428 0.9 0

HOUSE total votes % of vote seats

CENTRE RIGHT (Silvio Berlusconi candidate for premier)
People of Freedom (PDL) 13,628,865 37.4 272
Northern League 3,024,522 8.3 60
MpA 410,487 1.1 8
PDL-League-MpA coalition 17,063,874 46.8 340

CENTRE LEFT (Walter Vletroni candidate for premier):
Democratic Party (PD) 12,092,998 33.2 211
Italy of Values (IDV) 1,593,675 4.4 28
PD-IDV 13,686,673 37.5 239

OTHERS:
UDC 2,050,319 5.6 36

Left-Rainbow 1,124,418 3.1 0

The Right 885,229 2.4 0

Socalist Party 355,581 1.0 0

MpA = Movement for Autonomy, small Sicily-based ally The
Right = hard-right party led by Daniela Santanche' Socialist
Party = led by Enrico Boselli

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