The Regional Council of Aosta Valley (Italian: Consiglio regionale della Valle d'Aosta, French: Conseil de la Vallée) is composed by 35 members. The Council is elected for a five-year term. There is only one regional constituency. The President of Aosta Valley is elected by the Council. The electoral law was recently changed by the L.R. 16/2017 and the L.R. 9/2019.[2]
The election of the Regional Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate and it is possible to express only one preference for the list. If a single party list or a coalition of party lists gets more than 42% of valid votes cast, it is assigned a majority bonus of 21 seats. If no one reaches this threshold, the seats are determined proportionally. For the proportional allocation there are two thresholds: given the largest remainder method by dividing the valid votes cast for all lists and the seats to be assigned, if a party list doesn't reach the minimum quota required, the party list is excluded to the allocation of the seats. However, if a party list gets only one seat during the first allocation of seats, it is excluded and its seat is reallocated.[3][dead link][clarification needed]
The largest regional party UV decided to not participate in the 2024 European Parliament election citing the electoral system.[7] In late 2023, Mouv' and the AV started a merging process into the UV.[8] In June 2024, at an extraordinary congress of the UV, the reunion was finally approved.[9] In December 2024, Laurent Viérin's Valdostan Pride followed.[10] The Sovereign Aosta Country (PAS) stated that they are open for a coalition.[9] In July 2024, rumors came out of a coalition between SA, Valdostan Rally (RV), For Autonomy and Evolvendo after they rejected the invitation by PAS.[11] In October, these parties alongside Renaissance started negotiations for a "centrist, liberal-democratic and reformist" coalition.[12] In March 2025, PAS announced that they negotiate with UV and did not rule out running as independents on their list[13] and SA, RV and For Autonomy formed "Autonomists of the Centre" endorsed by Esprì and Evolvendo. Renaissance left the coalition for concerns about RV.[14] On 6 August 2025, UV and PAS signed an agreement to run together.[15] In June, PD proposed an alliance for the local and regional elections with UV and AdC.[16] Shortly before the deadline, UV proposed a coalition with AdC which was rejected by For Autonomy.[17]
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