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The 2008 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the Presidency of Sicily, Italy, was held on 13 and on 14 April 2008.
The election was competed by two main competitors: Raffaele Lombardo for the centre-right and Anna Finocchiaro for the centre-left. Lombardo won by a landslide, 65.3% against 30.4% of Finocchiaro.
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Raffaele Lombardo | 1,862,959 | 62.35 | 1 | ||||||
| The People of Freedom | 900,149 | 32.42 | 34 | ||||||
| Movement for Autonomy | 371,418 | 13.95 | 15 | ||||||
| Union of the Centre | 336,826 | 12.51 | 11 | ||||||
| Lombardo for President | 119,892 | 4.45 | – | ||||||
| Autonomist Democrats | 101,449 | 3.76 | – | ||||||
| Total | 1,833,903 | 68.09 | 60 | ||||||
| Anna Finocchiaro | 866,044 | 30.38 | 9 | ||||||
| Democratic Party | 505,420 | 18.75 | 20 | ||||||
| The Left – The Rainbow | 131,213 | 4.87 | – | ||||||
| Finocchiaro for President | 83,700 | 3.11 | – | ||||||
| Italy of Values | 49,726 | 1.85 | – | ||||||
| Total | 770,059 | 28.59 | 20 | ||||||
| Sonia Alfano | 69,551 | 2.44 | – | Friends of Beppe Grillo | 46,396 | 1.72 | – | ||
| Ruggero Razza | 45,605 | 1.60 | – | The Right – Tricolour Flame | 39,143 | 1.45 | – | ||
| Giuseppe Bonanno Conti | 6,606 | 0.23 | – | New Force | 3,876 | 0.14 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 2,850,725 | 100.00 | 10 | Total parties | 2,693,377 | 100.00 | 80 | ||
| Source: Sicilian Region | |||||||||
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