Regional Council of Piedmont

Regional Council of Piedmont
12th legislature
Type
Type	Unicameral
Established	23 July 1970
Leadership
President	Davide Nicco, FdI since 22 July 2024
Structure
Seats	51
Political groups	Government (31)   FdI (13)   FI (7)   Lega (6)  CP (5) Opposition (20)   PD (13)   AVS (3)   M5S (3)   SUE (1)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Party-list semi-proportional representation with majority bonus D'Hondt method
Last election	8–9 June 2024
Next election	No later than 10 June 2029
Meeting place
Palazzo Lascaris di Ventimiglia, Turin
Website
Official website

The Regional Council of Piedmont (Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte) is the legislative assembly of Piedmont.

It was first elected in 1970, when the ordinary regions were instituted, on the basis of the Constitution of Italy of 1948.

Composition

The Regional Council of Piedmont is composed of 51 members, of which 49 are elected in provincial constituencies with proportional representation, one is for the candidate for President who comes second, who usually becomes the leader of the opposition in the Council, and one is for the elected President.

The Council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt vel simul cadent clause (introduced in 1999), also the Council will be dissolved and there will be a snap election.

Political groups

The Regional Council of Piedmont is currently composed of the following political groups: ^[1]

Party		Seats	Status
	Brothers of Italy (FdI)	13 / 51	Government
	Democratic Party (PD)	13 / 51	Opposition
	Forza Italia (FI)	7 / 51	Government
	League (Lega)	6 / 51	Government
	Cirio for President (CP)	5 / 51	Government
	Greens and Left Alliance (AVS)	3 / 51	Opposition
	Five Star Movement (M5S)	3 / 51	Opposition
	United States of Europe (SUE)	1 / 51	Opposition

By coalition:

Party		Seats	Status
	Centre-right coalition	31 / 51	Government
	Centre-left coalition	17 / 51	Opposition
	Five Star Movement	3 / 51	Opposition

Historical composition

Election	DC	PCI	PSI	PLI	PRI	PSDI	MSI	Others	Total
7 June 1970	20	13	5	4	1	4	2	1	50
15 June 1975	20	22	8	2	2	4	2	-	60
8 June 1980	20	20	9	3	2	3	2	1	60
12 May 1985	19	18	8	3	3	3	3	3	60
6 May 1990	18	14	9	2	2	2	2	11	60

Election	Majority	Opposition	Total	Council	President of the Region
23 April 1995	Centre-right (FI-AN-CCD) 33	Centre-left (PDS-PPI-FdV-PdD) 18 — 5 LN 4 PRC	60		Enzo Ghigo
16 April 2000	Centre-right (FI-LN-AN-CCD-CDU) 40	Centre-left (DS-PPI-PRC-FdV-SDI) 18 – 2 Bonino List	60
3 April 2005	Center-left (DS-DL- PRC-PdCI-FdV-IdV) 38	Center-right (FI-AN-LN-UDC) 25	63		Mercedes Bresso
28 March 2010	Centre-right (PdL-LN-PP-VV) 36	Centre-left (PD-IdV-UDC-FdS-FdV) 22 — 2 M5S	60		Roberto Cota
25 May 2024 ( snap election )	Center-left (PD-SEL) 32	Center-right (LN-FI) 9 — 8 M5S 1 FdI	50		Sergio Chiamparino
26 May 2019	Centre-right (Lega-FI-FdI) 33	Centre-left (PD-LeU) 13 — 5 M5S	51		Alberto Cirio
9 June 2024	Centre-right (FdI-Lega-FI) 31	Centre-left (PD-AVS-SUE) 17 — 3 M5S	51

Presidents

This is a list of the Presidents of the Regional Council (Italian: Presidenti del Consiglio regionale):

Name		Period		Regional Legislature
	Paolo Battino Vittorelli (PSI)	23 July 1970	9 March 1972	I (1970)
	Gianni Oberto Tarena (DC)	9 March 1972	21 December 1973
	Aldo Viglione (PSI)	21 December 1973	21 July 1975
	Dino Sanlorenzo (PCI)	21 July 1975	14 July 1980	II (1975)
	Germano Benzi (PSI)	14 July 1980	17 June 1985	III (1980)
	Aldo Viglione (PSI)	17 June 1985	1 December 1988	IV (1985)
	Angelo Rossa (PSI)	1 December 1988	11 June 1990
	Carlo Spagnuolo (PSI)	11 June 1990	19 June 1995	V (1990)
	Rolando Picchioni (CDU)	19 June 1995	21 January 1998	VI (1995)
	Sergio Deorsola (CDU)	21 January 1998	29 May 2000
	Roberto Cota (LN)	29 May 2000	17 January 2005	VII (2000)
	Oreste Rossi (LN)	17 January 2005	16 May 2005
	Davide Gariglio (PD)	16 May 2005	9 April 2010	VIII (2005)
	Valerio Cattaneo (PdL)	9 April 2010	30 June 2014	IX (2010)
	Mario Laus (PD)	30 June 2014	10 April 2018	X (2014)
	Nino Boeti (PD)	10 April 2018	2 July 2019
	Stefano Allasia (Lega)	2 July 2019	22 July 2024	XI (2019)
	Davide Nicco (FdI)	22 July 2024	Incumbent	XII (2024)

See also

• Regional council
• Politics of Piedmont
• President of Piedmont

References

1. "Gruppi consiliari". www.cr.piemonte.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 July 2019.

External links

• Regional Council of Piedmont