Italian general election, 2008

E430504

The Italian general election of 2008 was a national parliamentary vote that resulted in a center-right victory led by Silvio Berlusconi, bringing his coalition back to power.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian parliamentary election ⓘ
general election ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Italian Republic ⓘ
campaignIssue economic policy ⓘ
immigration and security ⓘ
institutional reforms ⓘ
public debt and taxation ⓘ
chamberMajority centre-right coalition ⓘ
coalitionWinner House of Freedoms (successor configuration) ⓘ
linked to: House of Freedoms

centre-right coalition ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
dissolutionOfParliamentBy Giorgio Napolitano ⓘ
electoralType parliamentary election ⓘ
endDate 2008-04-14 ⓘ
forOffice Chamber of Deputies of Italy ⓘ
Senate of the Republic (Italy) ⓘ
headOfStateDuringElection Giorgio Napolitano ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
legislatureNumber XVI Legislature of Italy ⓘ
location Italy ⓘ
mainWinner The People of Freedom ⓘ
mainWinnerLeader Silvio Berlusconi ⓘ
majorParty1 The People of Freedom ⓘ
majorParty1Leader Silvio Berlusconi ⓘ
majorParty2 Democratic Party (Italy) ⓘ
majorParty2Leader Walter Veltroni ⓘ
majorParty3 Lega Nord ⓘ
majorParty3Leader Umberto Bossi ⓘ
majorParty4 Italy of Values ⓘ
majorParty4Leader Antonio Di Pietro ⓘ
majorParty5 Union of the Centre (2002) (Italy) ⓘ
majorParty5Leader Pier Ferdinando Casini ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national television coverage in Italy ⓘ
nextElection Italian general election, 2013 ⓘ
notableOutcome collapse of far-left representation in Parliament ⓘ
no communist parties entered Parliament ⓘ
partOf history of the Italian Republic ⓘ
previousElection Italian general election, 2006 ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Silvio Berlusconi ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterParty The People of Freedom ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Romano Prodi ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeParty Democratic Party (Italy) ⓘ
reasonForElection fall of Prodi II Cabinet ⓘ
resultSummary clear victory of centre-right coalition ⓘ
return to power of Silvio Berlusconi ⓘ
senateMajority centre-right coalition ⓘ
startDate 2008-04-13 ⓘ
turnout approximately 80.5% ⓘ
turnoutChange decrease compared to 2006 ⓘ
votingSystemChamber Porcellum (Calderoli law) ⓘ
votingSystemSenate Porcellum (Calderoli law) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

People of Freedom → participatedIn → Italian general election, 2008 ⓘ
Fourth Berlusconi government → formedAfter → 2008 Italian general election ⓘ
linked to: Italian general election, 2008
Italian general election, 2006 → nextElection → Italian general election, 2008 ⓘ
Alleanza Nazionale → participatedIn → Italian general election, 2008 ⓘ
Il Popolo della Libertà → participatedIn → Italian general election, 2008 ⓘ
Italian general election, 2013 → previousElection → Italian general election, 2008 ⓘ
XVI Legislature of Italy → startEvent → 2008 Italian general election ⓘ
linked to: Italian general election, 2008
Forza Italia → participatedIn → 2008 Italian general election ⓘ
linked to: Italian general election, 2008