The 2025 Valdostan regional election took place on 28 September 2025 in Aosta Valley, Italy.[1] The election was part of the wider 2025 Italian regional elections. The election was marked by a clear victory for Valdostan Union (UV), which emerged as the leading party with 32% of the vote, reaffirming its central role in the region's political landscape.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4][dead link][clarification needed]
The largest regional party UV decided to not participate in the 2024 European Parliament election citing the electoral system.[8] In late 2023, Mouv' and the AV started a merging process into the UV.[9] In June 2024, at an extraordinary congress of the UV, the reunion was finally approved.[10] In December 2024, Laurent Viérin's Valdostan Pride followed.[11] The Sovereign Aosta Country (PAS) stated that they are open for a coalition.[10] 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.[12] In October, these parties alongside Renaissance started negotiations for a "centrist, liberal-democratic and reformist" coalition.[13] In March 2025, PAS announced that they negotiate with UV and did not rule out running as independents on their list[14] and SA, RV and For Autonomy formed "Autonomists of the Centre" endorsed by Esprì and Evolvendo. Renaissance left the coalition for concerns about RV.[15] On 6 August 2025, UV and PAS signed an agreement to run together.[16] In June, PD proposed an alliance for the local and regional elections with UV and AdC.[17] Shortly before the deadline, UV proposed a coalition with AdC which was rejected by For Autonomy.[18]
Emerging as the first political force with a plurality of seats, the Valdostan Union led negotiations to form a government. Initially, some commentators believed that a UV-AdC-PD government was a probable outcome.[27] Before the election, UV stated their preference for an Autonomist coalition with just AdC but it was seen as unlikely because was predicted to lack a stable majority of 20 seats.[28] After clearing a legal hurdle on a new mandate, former regional president Testolin was entrusted in a vote by the UV's base to lead negotiations.[29] After having met with all political parties, UV and AdC chose the center-right FI as their governing partner.[30] The move made LRV councillor Elena Baccini leave the FI group in the council, and led to For Autonomy's Marco Carrel being ousted from the AdC group in the council due to UV's Testolin reportedly not wanting him in the ruling majority.[31][32] On November 6, Testolin was elected president of Aosta Valley with 21 votes in favor out of 35, with the UV-AdC-FI regional government receiving 22 votes in favor.[33][34] Stefano Aggravi (AdC, RV) was elected president of the regional council.[35]
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