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.

2008 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections
9 November 2008 (Trentino)
26 October 2008 (South Tyrol)
Provincial election in Trentino
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Lorenzo Dellai Sergio Divina
Party Union for Trentino 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

Provincial election in South Tyrol
All 35 seats to the Landtag of South Tyrol
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
SVP Luis Durnwalder 48.1 18 −3
dF Pius Leitner 14.3 5 +3
PdL Michaela Biancofiore 8.3 3 −1
PD Christian Tommasini 6.0 2 New
Greens Riccardo Dello Sbarba 5.8 2 −1
STF Eva Klotz 4.9 2 New
UfS Andreas Pöder 2.3 1 −1
LN Elena Artioli 2.1 1 +1
Unitalia Donato Seppi 1.9 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Governor before Elected Governor
Luis Durnwalder
SVP		 Arno Kompatscher
SVP
Politics of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
  • Statute
  • Regional government
    • President: Arno Kompatscher
    • First vice president: Giulia Zanotelli
    • Vice president: Franz Thomas Locher
  • Regional Council
    • President: Roberto Paccher
  • Autonomous provinces
    • Trentino
    • South Tyrol
  • Politics of Trentino
    • President: Maurizio Fugatti
    • Vice President: Francesca Gerosa
    • President of the Provincial Council: Claudio Soini
    • Elections and political parties
  • Politics of South Tyrol
  • Regions of Italy
  • Politics of Italy
  • Politics of the European Union
  • Other countries

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.

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