All electors could vote for a political list and also cast a first preference vote for a specific candidate. The party with the highest number of list votes won the Senate seat, and the winning party's candidate with the highest number of first preference votes was declared elected.
The partiesEdit
Four electoral lists contested the North and Central American Senate division. The same lists also fielded candidates for the Chamber of Deputies and North and Central America.
The governing centre-left Democratic Party ran a united slate, as did Berlusconi's right-wing opposition list. The moderately conservative Union of the Centre (UDC), formerly aligned with Berlusconi, ran a separate list, as did a small coalition of right-wing and far-right parties called The Right–Tricolour Flame.
Augusto Sorriso is a former mayor of Licata, Sicily, who subsequently became an entrepreneur based in New Jersey. He had previously sought election to the Italian Senate in 2006.
Renato Turano is an entrepreneur in Chicago. He served in the Italian Senate from 2006 to 2008.
Marina Piazzi was born in Bologna on April 10, 1954, and moved to Mexico in 1976. She has taught Italian as a second language at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Mexico City and worked in the Italian department at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Piazzi has been active for many years with the General Council for Italians Abroad and other Italian community organizations.[1]
Massimo Seracini (June 7, 1943 – January 16, 2009) was born in Florence and received an economics degree from the University of Florence in 1962. He moved to the United States of America in the 1960s and worked in real estate in California.[2] After his marriage failed, he returned to Florence and opened a bistro. He lived for extended periods in both countries during the last decades of his life and became a fixture of the Italian community in San Diego. Seracini had previously campaigned for an overseas seat in the Italian Chamber of Deputies in the 2006 general election as a candidate of the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats. A newspaper report from 2006 described him as "vague on details about his platform" but eager to serve Italians living in the diaspora.[3] He died in San Diego in 2009, after a two-year battle with cancer.[4]
Vittorio Coco is a broadcaster in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He had previously sought election to the Italian Senate in 2006.
Franco Misuraca was born on June 10, 1943, in Aprigliano, Calabria, and later moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[8] He is a longtime supporter of the right-wing Italian Social Movement. In 2008, he centered his campaign around the slogan, "God, country, and family."[9]
The resultsEdit
Berlusconi's electoral coalition won a narrow plurality, defeating the Democratic Party by only 793 votes. Basilio Giordano received the most votes of the candidates on Berlusconi's list and was declared elected.
Democratic Party incumbent Renato Turano actually received more first preference votes than Giordano, but, as his party list was defeated, he was not returned to office.[10]
Source: ARCHIVIO STORICO DELLE ELEZIONI - Consultazione dati: Senato 13/04/2008, Area ESTERO, Ripartizione AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE E CENTRALE, Ministerio dell'Interno, Government of Italy, accessed 27 July 2011. Voters were not required to give a preference vote for any candidate.
Detailed results by countryEdit
More than 90 per cent of the total votes were cast in the United States of America and Canada. The Democratic Party won narrow victory in the United States, Mexico, and Nicaragua, but was defeated everywhere else. The People of Freedom won a narrow victory in Canada; this was a significant shift from the 2006 election, when the centre-left had won by a credible margin.
Note: The country-by-country totals provided by the Italian Ministry of the Interior do not entirely correspond with the final totals provided by the same source. Adding up the country-by-country totals yields the following results: People of Freedom 37,774; Democratic Party 36,734; Union of the Centre 7,087; The Right–Tricolour Flame 2,126. These results are the same as the provisional totals provided by La Repubblica with 120 out of 123 polling districts reporting. It is therefore assumed that the country-by-country totals represent the provisional and not the final totals.
ReferencesEdit
^Marina Piazzi (biography), Consiglio Generale degli Italiani all'Estero, accessed 2 August 2011; CONSULTAZIONE DATI: Senato del 13/04/2008, Area ESTERO, Ripartizione AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE E CENTRALE, Ministero dell' Interno, Government of Italy, accessed 3 August 2011.
^Candidato alla Camera: Massimo Seracini Archived 2012-07-13 at archive.today, i-Italy, accessed 2 August 2011
^Rachel Rivera, "NY seeks Italy Senate seat to represent Italians abroad," Associated Press Newswires, 10 January 2006, 15:50.
^Blanca Gonzalez, "Massimo Seracini: Entrepreneur adored San Diego as much as his native Florence," San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 February 2009, B4.
^CONSULTAZIONE DATI: Senato del 13/04/2008, Area ESTERO, Ripartizione AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE E CENTRALE; LA DESTRA - FIAMMA TRICOLORE, accessed 4 August 2011.
^"The Elections: New York State Senate," New York Times, 10 November 1988.
^Letizia Tesi, "Giuseppe Cirnigliaro(La Destra)«Meno sprechi e sistema politico americano»" 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, Corriere Canadese, 2 April 2008, accessed 4 August 2011. During the course of this interview, Cirnigliaro noted that he had been educated in Rome and Paris and at Columbia University in New York.
^CONSULTAZIONE DATI: Senato del 13/04/2008, Area ESTERO, Ripartizione AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE E CENTRALE; LA DESTRA - FIAMMA TRICOLORE, accessed 4 August 2011.
^. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
^Gli eletti in Nordamerica; Turano il candidato pìu votato per il Senato, ma il seggio lo conquista il PDL, America Oggi, 17 April 2008, accessed 1 August 2011.
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The 2008 Italian general election was the second in which Italian and dual citizens living outside the country could vote by postal ballot in international electoral districts Twelve members of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and six members of the Italian Senate were elected in this way Italian and dual citizens in North America and Central America including the Caribbean elected one member of the Italian Senate The winning candidate was Basilio Giordano from Silvio Berlusconi s party known as the People of Freedom Contents 1 The process 2 The parties 3 The candidates 3 1 People of Freedom 3 2 Democratic Party 3 3 Union of the Centre 3 4 The Right Tricolour Flame 4 The results 5 Detailed results by country 5 1 Antigua and Barbuda 5 2 Bahamas 5 3 Barbados 5 4 Belize 5 5 Canada 5 6 Costa Rica 5 7 Dominican Republic 5 8 El Salvador 5 9 Grenada 5 10 Guatemala 5 11 Haiti 5 12 Honduras 5 13 Mexico 5 14 Nicaragua 5 15 Panama 5 16 United States of America 6 ReferencesThe process EditAll electors could vote for a political list and also cast a first preference vote for a specific candidate The party with the highest number of list votes won the Senate seat and the winning party s candidate with the highest number of first preference votes was declared elected The parties EditFour electoral lists contested the North and Central American Senate division The same lists also fielded candidates for the Chamber of Deputies and North and Central America The governing centre left Democratic Party ran a united slate as did Berlusconi s right wing opposition list The moderately conservative Union of the Centre UDC formerly aligned with Berlusconi ran a separate list as did a small coalition of right wing and far right parties called The Right Tricolour Flame All of the party lists fielded two candidates The candidates EditPeople of Freedom Edit Basilio Giordano is a publisher and former municipal politician in Montreal Quebec Canada Augusto Sorriso is a former mayor of Licata Sicily who subsequently became an entrepreneur based in New Jersey He had previously sought election to the Italian Senate in 2006 Democratic Party Edit Renato Turano is an entrepreneur in Chicago He served in the Italian Senate from 2006 to 2008 Marina Piazzi was born in Bologna on April 10 1954 and moved to Mexico in 1976 She has taught Italian as a second language at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Mexico City and worked in the Italian department at the National Autonomous University of Mexico Piazzi has been active for many years with the General Council for Italians Abroad and other Italian community organizations 1 Union of the Centre Edit Massimo Seracini June 7 1943 January 16 2009 was born in Florence and received an economics degree from the University of Florence in 1962 He moved to the United States of America in the 1960s and worked in real estate in California 2 After his marriage failed he returned to Florence and opened a bistro He lived for extended periods in both countries during the last decades of his life and became a fixture of the Italian community in San Diego Seracini had previously campaigned for an overseas seat in the Italian Chamber of Deputies in the 2006 general election as a candidate of the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats A newspaper report from 2006 described him as vague on details about his platform but eager to serve Italians living in the diaspora 3 He died in San Diego in 2009 after a two year battle with cancer 4 Vittorio Coco is a broadcaster in Toronto Ontario Canada He had previously sought election to the Italian Senate in 2006 The Right Tricolour Flame Edit Giuseppe Joseph P Cirnigliaro was born on November 10 1954 in Militello in Val di Catania Sicily 5 He ran for the New York State Senate s 19th district in 1988 as a Republican 6 During the 2008 campaign he argued that Italy should adopt a strong presidential model of government akin to that of the United States of America 7 Franco Misuraca was born on June 10 1943 in Aprigliano Calabria and later moved to Toronto Ontario Canada 8 He is a longtime supporter of the right wing Italian Social Movement In 2008 he centered his campaign around the slogan God country and family 9 The results EditBerlusconi s electoral coalition won a narrow plurality defeating the Democratic Party by only 793 votes Basilio Giordano received the most votes of the candidates on Berlusconi s list and was declared elected Democratic Party incumbent Renato Turano actually received more first preference votes than Giordano but as his party list was defeated he was not returned to office 10 2008 Italian general election results Senate North and Central America regionParty Votes Senators People of Freedom 38 896 44 96 1 Democratic Party 38 103 44 04 Union of the Centre 7 330 8 47 The Right Tricolour Flame 2 193 2 53Total valid votes 86 522 100 00People of Freedom candidate preference votesBasilio Giordano elected 13 083Augusto Sorriso 8 699Democratic Party candidate preference votes x Renato Turano 15 223Marina Piazzi 7 431Union of the Centre candidate preference votesMassimo Seracini 2 194Vittorio Coco 1 791The Right Tricolour Flame candidate preference votesGiuseppe Cirnigliaro 544Franco Misuraca 461Source ARCHIVIO STORICO DELLE ELEZIONI Consultazione dati Senato 13 04 2008 Area ESTERO Ripartizione AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE E CENTRALE Ministerio dell Interno Government of Italy accessed 27 July 2011 Voters were not required to give a preference vote for any candidate Detailed results by country EditMore than 90 per cent of the total votes were cast in the United States of America and Canada The Democratic Party won narrow victory in the United States Mexico and Nicaragua but was defeated everywhere else The People of Freedom won a narrow victory in Canada this was a significant shift from the 2006 election when the centre left had won by a credible margin Antigua and Barbuda Edit Party Votes Democratic Party 0 0 00 People of Freedom 0 0 00 Union of the Centre 0 0 00 The Right Tricolour Flame 0 0 00Total valid votes 0 0 00Bahamas Edit Party Votes Democratic Party 0 0 00 People of Freedom 0 0 00 Union of the Centre 0 0 00 The Right Tricolour Flame 0 0 00Total valid votes 0 0 00Barbados Edit Party Votes Democratic Party 0 0 00 People of Freedom 0 0 00 Union of the Centre 0 0 00 The Right Tricolour Flame 0 0 00Total valid votes 0 0 00Belize Edit Party Votes Democratic Party 0 0 00 People of Freedom 0 0 00 Union of the Centre 0 0 00 The Right Tricolour Flame 0 0 00Total valid votes 0 0 00Canada Edit Party Votes People of Freedom 16 184 45 15 Democratic Party 15 794 44 06 Union of the Centre 3 274 9 13 The Right Tricolour Flame 595 1 66Total valid votes 35 847 42 82Costa Rica Edit Party Votes People of Freedom 385 55 56 Democratic Party 248 35 79 Union of the Centre 34 4 91 The Right Tricolour Flame 26 3 75Total valid votes 693 0 83Dominican Republic Edit Party Votes People of Freedom 723 58 88 Democratic Party 294 23 94 The Right Tricolour Flame 140 11 40 Union of the Centre 71 5 78Total valid votes 1 228 1 47El Salvador Edit Party Votes People of Freedom 244 65 42 Democratic Party 99 26 54 Union of the Centre 22 5 90 The Right Tricolour Flame 8 2 14Total valid votes 373 0 45Grenada Edit Party Votes Democratic Party 0 0 00 People of Freedom 0 0 00 Union of the Centre 0 0 00 The Right Tricolour Flame 0 0 00Total valid votes 0 0 00Guatemala Edit Party Votes People of Freedom 584 64 82 Democratic Party 186 20 64 The Right Tricolour Flame 73 8 10 Union of the Centre 58 6 44Total valid votes 901 1 08Haiti Edit Party Votes Democratic Party 0 0 00 People of Freedom 0 0 00 Union of the Centre 0 0 00 The Right Tricolour Flame 0 0 00Total valid votes 0 0 00Honduras Edit Party Votes People of Freedom 44 45 36 Democratic Party 37 38 14 Union of the Centre 14 14 43 The Right Tricolour Flame 2 2 06Total valid votes 97 0 12Mexico Edit Party Votes Democratic Party 667 47 41 People of Freedom 599 42 57 Union of the Centre 107 7 60 The Right Tricolour Flame 34 2 42Total valid votes 1 407 1 68Nicaragua Edit Party Votes Democratic Party 64 47 76 People of Freedom 50 37 31 Union of the Centre 10 7 46 The Right Tricolour Flame 10 7 46Total valid votes 134 0 16Panama Edit Party Votes People of Freedom 129 50 99 Democratic Party 91 35 97 Union of the Centre 25 9 88 The Right Tricolour Flame 8 3 16Total valid votes 253 0 30United States of America Edit Party Votes Democratic Party 19 254 45 00 People of Freedom 18 832 44 01 Union of the Centre 3 472 8 11 The Right Tricolour Flame 1 230 2 87Total valid votes 42 788 51 11Note The country by country totals provided by the Italian Ministry of the Interior do not entirely correspond with the final totals provided by the same source Adding up the country by country totals yields the following results People of Freedom 37 774 Democratic Party 36 734 Union of the Centre 7 087 The Right Tricolour Flame 2 126 These results are the same as the provisional totals provided by La Repubblica with 120 out of 123 polling districts reporting It is therefore assumed that the country by country totals represent the provisional and not the final totals References Edit Marina Piazzi biography Consiglio Generale degli Italiani all Estero accessed 2 August 2011 CONSULTAZIONE DATI Senato del 13 04 2008 Area ESTERO Ripartizione AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE E CENTRALE Ministero dell Interno Government of Italy accessed 3 August 2011 Candidato alla Camera Massimo Seracini Archived 2012 07 13 at archive today i Italy accessed 2 August 2011 Rachel Rivera NY seeks Italy Senate seat to represent Italians abroad Associated Press Newswires 10 January 2006 15 50 Blanca Gonzalez Massimo Seracini Entrepreneur adored San Diego as much as his native Florence San Diego Union Tribune 3 February 2009 B4 CONSULTAZIONE DATI Senato del 13 04 2008 Area ESTERO Ripartizione AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE E CENTRALE LA DESTRA FIAMMA TRICOLORE accessed 4 August 2011 The Elections New York State Senate New York Times 10 November 1988 Letizia Tesi Giuseppe Cirnigliaro La Destra Meno sprechi e sistema politico americano Archived 2011 10 01 at the Wayback Machine Corriere Canadese 2 April 2008 accessed 4 August 2011 During the course of this interview Cirnigliaro noted that he had been educated in Rome and Paris and at Columbia University in New York CONSULTAZIONE DATI Senato del 13 04 2008 Area ESTERO Ripartizione AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE E CENTRALE LA DESTRA FIAMMA TRICOLORE accessed 4 August 2011 Franco Misuraca Sono tre i valori chiave Dio patria e famiglia Corriere Canadese 1 April 2008 accessed 4 August 2011 Archived from the original on 2011 10 01 Retrieved 2011 08 05 Gli eletti in Nordamerica Turano il candidato piu votato per il Senato ma il seggio lo conquista il PDL America Oggi 17 April 2008 accessed 1 August 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Italian Senate election North and Central American division amp oldid 1142247868, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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