The Regional Councils of Italy are the elected legislative bodies of Italian regions. Their political composition is summarized in the following table. [1] Political parties active on national level are listed; the remaining ones are included into "Others".
Party | LOM [2] | SIC [3] | TAA [4] | SAR [5] | PUG [6] | CAM [7] | VEN [8] | LAZ [9] | PIE [10] | EMR [11] | FVG [12] | TOS [13] | VDA [14] | MAR [15] | CAL [16] | LIG [17] | ABR [18] | UMB [19] | BAS [20] | MOL [21] | Total | |
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PD | 18 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 198 | |
Lega | 15 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 30 [22] | 3 | 6 | 14 | 13 [23] | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 150 | |
FdI | 22 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 6 | — | 8 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 149 | |
FI | 6 | 13 [24] | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 71 | |
M5S | 3 | 11 | — | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 52 | |
NM | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 17 | |
IV | 2 | — | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 [25] | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 14 | |
A | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | — | 13 | |
EV | — | — | 1 [26] | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | |
UDC | — | 1 [27] | — | 1 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
SI | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | — | — | — | — | 1 [28] | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
NdC | 1 [29] | — | — | — | 1 [30] | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
ScN | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
PSI | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | |
DemoS | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | |
+E | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
Pos | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
CI | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
Mod | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
IDeA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
PpI | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
Vita | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
Others | 10 | 11 | 42 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 194 | |
Total seats | 80 | 70 | 70 | 60 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 50 | 48 | 41 | 35 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 896 |
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