2025 Venetian regional election

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2025 Venetian regional election

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All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Veneto
Opinion polls
Registered	4,294,608
Turnout	44.65% (16.51%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Alberto Stefani Giovanni Manildo Riccardo Szumski Party Lega PD RV Alliance Centre-right Centre-left Seats won 34 15 2 Seat change 7 5 [a] New Popular vote 1,211,356 543,278 96,474 Percentage 64.39% 28.88% 5.13% Swing 12.40% 9.91% [a] New
Map of the election result
President before election Luca Zaia Lega Elected President Alberto Stefani Lega

The 2025 Venetian regional election was held in Veneto, Italy from 23 to 24 November 2025.

Electoral system

The Regional Council of Veneto is composed of 51 members. The president elect is the candidate winning a plurality of votes. 49 council seats are distributed according to proportional representation, with a majority bonus system assigning 60% of the 50 seats to the lists running with the candidate winning more than 40% of the votes. ^[1] A single list must win at least 3% of the votes in order to access the seats distribution, while a coalition must win over 5% of the votes. ^[1] The president and the second place presidential candidate automatically becomes a member of the council.

Seat distribution of the Regional Council of Veneto

	Provinces	Seats
	Belluno	2
	Padua	9
	Rovigo	2
	Treviso	9
	Venice	9
	Verona	9
	Vicenza	9
	President	1
	Runner-up	1
	Total	51

Parties and candidates

Main presidential candidates

Candidate	Experience	Alliance
Alberto Stefani	Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2018–present) Mayor of Borgoricco (2019–2024) Regional Commissioner/Secretary of Liga Veneta (2020–present) Federal Deputy Secretary of Lega (2024–present)		Centre-right coalition
Giovanni Manildo [2]	Mayor of Treviso (2013–2018)		Centre-left coalition

Parties and coalitions

Coalition		Party		Candidate
	Centre-right coalition		League–Venetian League	Alberto Stefani
			Forza Italia
			Brothers of Italy (incl. CI)
			Liga Veneta Repubblica (incl. part of IV)
			Union of the Centre (incl. PdF)
			Us Moderates
	Centre-left coalition		Democratic Party	Giovanni Manildo
			Five Star Movement
			Greens and Left Alliance
			United for Manildo (incl. Italia Viva, +E, PSI and part of Az)
			Peace Health Work (incl. PRC)
			The Venetian Civics
			Volt Italy
	Resist Veneto (incl. Vita, part of IV and other groups) [3]			Riccardo Szumski
	Sovereign Popular Democracy			Marco Rizzo
	Populars for Veneto			Fabio Bui

Campaign

Electoral posters of candidates in Mestre, Veneto.

Debate

Date	Location	Organizer	Link	Participant					Source
P  Present  A  Absent invited  NI  Not invited  I  Invited				Stefani	Manildo	Rizzo	Szumski	Bui
17 November 2025	Rome	Sky TG24	Video	P	P	NI	NI	NI	[4]

Opinion polls

Presidential candidates

Publication date	Institute	Client	Sample	Margin of error	Stefani	Manildo	Szumski	Rizzo	Bui	Abstentions/Undecided
					CDX	CSX–M5S
5 November 2025 [5]	Demos–Demetra	Il Gazzettino	500	±4	58–62	32–36	2–6	0–4		39–43
5 November 2025	Noto	Porta a Porta	–	–	61.0	35.0	4			–
6 November 2025 [6]	Ipsos	Corriere della Sera	800	±3.5	62.8	26.9	5.6	2.7	1.9	19

Electoral lists

Publication date	Institute	Client	Sample	Margin of error	Lega	FdI	FI	LVR	NM	UDC	PD	M5S	AVS	UpM	CV	Volt	PRC	RV	DSP	PpV	Lead
5 November 2025 [5]	Demos–Demetra	Il Gazzettino	500	±4	22–26	21–25	8–12	1–5			16–20	0–4	4–8	4–8	4–12			2–10			1
6 November 2025 [7]	Ipsos	Corriere della Sera	800	±3.5	23.6	23.2	8.5	5.6	1.5	1.0	14.8	2.6	3.8	2.3	1.5	0.7	0.7	5.7	2.7	1.8	0.4

Outcome

Result

23–24 November 2025 Venetian regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Alberto Stefani	1,211,356	64.39	1		League – Liga Veneta	607,220	36.28	19
						Brothers of Italy	312,839	18.69	9
						Forza Italia	105,375	6.30	3
						Liga Veneta Repubblica	30,703	1.83	1
						Union of the Centre	28,109	1.68	1
						Us Moderates	18,768	1.12	0
Total		1,103,014	65.90	33
	Giovanni Manildo	543,278	28.88	1		Democratic Party	277,945	16.60	9
						Greens and Left Alliance	77,621	4.64	2
						Five Star Movement	36,866	2.20	1
						United for Manildo	35,669	2.13	1
						The Venetian Civics	24,926	1.49	1
						Peace Health Work	10,430	0.62	0
						Volt	5,339	0.32	0
					Total		468,796	28.01	14
	Riccardo Szumski	96,474	5.13	0		Resist Veneto	83,054	4.96	2
	Marco Rizzo	20,574	1.09	0		Sovereign Popular Democracy	12,941	0.77	0
	Fabio Bui	9,590	0.51	0		Populars for Veneto	6,071	0.36	0
Blank and invalid votes		36,305	1.89
Total candidates		1,881,272	100.0	2	Total parties		1,673,876	100.0	49
Registered voters/turnout		1,917,577	44.65
Source: Veneto Region – Results

Popular vote by party

Lega			36.28%
FdI			18.69%
PD			16.60%
FI			6.30%
RV			4.96%
AVS			4.64%
M5S			2.20%
UpM			2.13%
LVR			1.83%
UDC			1.68%
LCV			1.49%
NM			1.12%
Others			2.08%

Popular vote by president

Stefani			64.39%
Manildo			28.88%
Szumski			5.13%
Rizzo			1.09%
Bui			0.51%

Turnout

Voter turnout [8]
Constituency	Sunday, November 23			Monday, November 24	Previous Election
	12:00 PM	19:00 PM	23:00 PM	15:00 PM
Belluno	8.00%	22.72%	25.96%	35.29%	47.84%	12.55%
Padua	10.88%	32.25%	37.67%	49.04%	65.43%	16.39%
Rovigo	9.39%	26.36%	30.58%	41.19%	59.88%	18.69%
Treviso	9.83%	29.05%	33.31%	43.78%	58.27%	14.49%
Venice	10.25%	28.92%	33.24%	44.00%	62.52%	21.52%
Verona	10.00%	29.00%	33.74%	44.75%	61.95%	17.20%
Vicenza	10.39%	29.85%	34.40%	45.10%	61.80%	16.70%
Total	10.10%	29.30%	33.87%	44.64%	61.16%	16.52%

Analysis

Stefani won nearly two-thirds of the vote, defeating Manildo by 35.5 percentage points. His highest support came from the Province of Verona, where he received 69.4% of the vote. Manildo exceeded 30% only in the Metropolitan City of Venice (35.14%) and the Province of Padua (30.37%) and Belluno (30.17%).

The "Resist Veneto" list, led by Riccardo Szumski, received 5% of the regional vote and entered the council. Its strongest results were in northern Veneto, with 10.33% in the Province of Treviso and 6.67% in Belluno.

Stefani won all but three comuni in the region, including 38 of the 40 municipalities with over 20,000 residents. Manildo won pluralities in Padua (by 1%) and Venice (by 0.5%). He also remained competitive in Treviso and Belluno, staying above 40% in both, and reached 39.45% in Vicenza. In Verona, Stefani led with 58.2%, 21 points ahead of Manildo.

Szumski’s list performed particularly well in northern Treviso, earning 14.18% in Conegliano and 13.75% in Vittorio Veneto. In Santa Lucia di Piave, where Szumski previously served as mayor, he won 43.15%, finishing six points ahead of Stefani. Bui received 7.79% in Loreggia, where he was formerly mayor, while Stefani won his own former municipality, Borgoricco, with 81.39%.

Manildo V Stefani V Szumski by provinces Province Giovanni Manildo Alberto Stefani Riccardo Szumski Others Verona 86,918 25.96% 232,304 69.39% 9,968 2.98% 5,580 1.66% Vicenza 92,509 26.99% 230,081 67.12% 15,265 4.45% 4,956 1.44% Belluno 22,677 30.17% 45,961 61.14% 5,011 6.67% 1,527 2.03% Treviso 93,613 26.20% 221,842 62.09% 36,898 10.33% 4,941 1.38% Padua 115,880 30.37% 244,642 64.11% 14,335 3.76% 6,760 1.77% Venice 107,836 35.14% 181,234 59.05% 12,631 4.12% 5,213 1.70% Rovigo 23,845 28.84% 55,292 66.87% 2,366 2.86% 1,187 1.44%

Manildo V Stefani V Szumski by major cities City Giovanni Manildo Alberto Stefani Riccardo Szumski Others Verona 34,533 37.16% 54,057 58.17% 2,585 2.78% 1,762 1.90% Venice 40,915 47.70% 40,516 47.24% 2,737 3.19% 1,599 1.87% Padua 39,202 48.38% 38,374 47.35% 1,883 2.32% 1,578 1.95% Vicenza 15,891 39.46% 22,487 55.84% 1,213 3.01% 683 1.70% Treviso 14,351 42.25% 17,432 51.33% 1,710 5.03% 470 1.39% Rovigo 6,444 33.20% 12,218 62.94% 498 2.57% 251 1.29% Chioggia 4,680 29.03% 10,854 67.32% 349 2.16% 239 1.49% Bassano del Grappa 5,891 35.46% 9,763 58.76% 717 4.32% 244 1.47% San Dona di Piave 4,780 29.67% 10,368 64.37% 733 4.55% 227 1.41% Schio 6,145 41.42% 7,638 51.48% 783 5.28% 270 1.82% Mira 5,817 42.48% 7,160 52.28% 490 3.58% 228 1.66% Belluno 5,644 41.25% 7,031 51.38% 740 5.41% 269 1.96% Conegliano 3,685 28.02% 7,402 56.28% 1,865 14.18% 200 1.52% Castelfranco Veneto 4,855 34.90% 7,981 57.36% 858 6.17% 219 1.58% Villafranca di Verona 3,299 26.88% 8,537 69.57% 284 2.31% 151 1.23% Montebelluna 3,329 27.80% 7,620 63.64% 891 7.44% 134 1.12% Mogliano Veneto 4,594 40.58% 5,973 52.76% 525 4.64% 230 2.03% Spinea 4,241 41.68% 5,375 52.83% 390 3.83% 168 1.65% Albignasego 3,742 29.34 8,520 66.79% 310 2.43% 184 1.44% Vittorio Veneto 3,474 32.57% 5,564 52.17% 1,467 13.75% 161 1.51%

Elected councilors

Party / List		Councilor elected	Preference votes	Constituency

See also

• 2025 Italian local elections

References

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3. "Resistere Veneto | Associazioni Partner".
4. Sky TG24 (17 November 2025). "Elezioni regionali Veneto, il confronto fra Manildo e Stefani". tg24.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 November 2025.
5. "Elections in Veneto" (PDF). Il Gazzettino. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
6. "Veneto regional elections, Ipsos poll: region still for centre-right, Stefani ahead by 36 points. Tight race between Lega and FdI".
7. "Veneto regional elections, Ipsos poll: region still for centre-right, Stefani ahead by 36 points. Tight race between Lega and FdI".
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1. This is compared to the total of Arturo Lorenzoni (Centre-left coalition) and Enrico Cappelletti (M5S) in 2020.