Members of the Regional Council of Veneto, 2020–2025

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The XI Legislature of the Regional Council of Veneto, the legislative assembly of Veneto, was inaugurated in October 2020, following the 2020 regional election. Of the 51 members, 49 were elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while the remaining two were the elected President and the candidate for President who came second. [1] [2] [3]

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Roberto Ciambetti (Liga VenetaLega) is the current President of the Council (having served in that role also in 2015–2020), while Luca Zaia (Liga Veneta) serves as President of Veneto at the head of his third government.

Composition

Strength of political groups

Distribution of Seats in the Regional Council
Political GroupLeader2020Now
Zaia for President [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] Alberto Villanova 2317
Liga Veneta Giuseppe Pan 1013
Democratic Party Giacomo Possamai / Vanessa Camani 66
Brothers of Italy Raffaele Speranzon / Daniele Polato / Enoch Soranzo / Daniele Polato / Enoch Soranzo 55
Forza Italia [lower-alpha 3] Elisa Venturini 22
Five Star Movement Erika Baldin 11
Venetian Autonomy List [lower-alpha 4] Tomas Piccinini 11
Veneto We Want Elena Ostanel 11
Green Europe Cristina Guarda 11
Mixed Group [lower-alpha 5] Stefano Valdegamberi 14

Sources: Regional Council of Veneto – Groups and Regional Council of Veneto – Members

  1. This group and "Liga Veneta" are united in a joint group named "Lega – Liga Veneta". See https://www.vipiu.it/leggi/villanova-e-pan-lega-lv-intergruppo-lega-liga-veneta-non-piu-due-gruppi-separati-ma-ununica-squadra-di-militanti-leghisti-con-obiettivi-comuni.
  2. All the group members are affiliated to Liga VenetaLega.
  3. A third regional councillor, Fabrizio Boron, who joined the party in December 2023, sits in the Mixed Group for technical reasons.
  4. The group's only member, Tomas Piccinini, is a member of Liga Veneta. See https://legaonline.it/veneto
  5. Current members: Fabiano Barbisan and Stefano Valdegamberi, both originally members of Liga Veneta, who switched to the group for technical reasons soon after the election and are no longer party members for different reasons, Arturo Lorenzoni, the centre-left candidate for President, who is close to both the Democratic Party and Veneto We Want (Art.1, SI, etc.), and Fabrizio Boron, another former member of Liga Veneta, who joined Forza Italia in December 2023, without changing group affiliation thereafter.

Members by party of election

Zaia President

Liga Veneta

Democratic Party

Brothers of Italy

Forza Italia

Five Star Movement

Venetian Autonomy List

Veneto We Want

Green Europe

Election

Luca Zaia of Liga VenetaLega was re-elected President by a record 76.8% of the vote. Liga Veneta, which ran an official party list, a list named after Zaia and a third list in combination with Liga Veneta Repubblica, was confirmed the largest in the region with 63.9%. The Democratic Party came second with 11.9% and the Brothers of Italy third with 9.6%. The total score of Venetist parties was 65.5%, the highest ever.

20–21 September 2020 Venetian regional election results
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CandidatesVotes %SeatsPartiesVotes %Seat
Luca Zaia 1,883,95976.791Zaia for President916,08744.5723
LeagueVenetian League [4] 347,83216.929
Brothers of Italy 196,3109.555
Forza Italia 73,2443.562
Venetian Autonomy List 48,9322.381
Total1,582,40577.0040
Arturo Lorenzoni385,76815.721 Democratic Party 244,88111.926
Veneto We Want41,2752.011
Green Europe 34,6471.691
More Veneto in EuropeVolt 14,2460.69
Venetian Left 2,4050.12
Total337,45416.428
Enrico Cappelletti79,6623.25 Five Star Movement 55,2812.691
Paolo Girotto21,6790.88 3V Movement 14,9160.73
Antonio Guadagnini20,5020.84 Party of Venetians 19,7560.96
Paolo Benvegnù18,5290.76Solidarity Environment Work11,8460.58
Daniela Sbrollini15,1980.62 Italia VivaPSIPRI 12,4260.60
Patrizia Bertelle14,5180.59Veneto Ecology Solidarity9,0610.44
Simonetta Rubinato13,7030.56Veneto for the Autonomies12,0280.59
Total candidates2,453,518100.002Total parties2,055,173100.0049
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Electoral Archive

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