Members of the Regional Council of Veneto, 2020–2025

This article is about the composition of the Regional Council of Veneto, the legislative assembly of Veneto, during the XI Legislature, thus the term started in September 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 Veneta–Lega) is the current President of the Council (having served in that role also in 2015–2020), while Luca Zaia (Liga Veneta–Lega) 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 Group Leader 2020 Now
Zaia for President[lower-alpha 1] Alberto Villanova 23 18
Liga Veneta–Lega Giuseppe Pan 10 13
Democratic Party Giacomo Possamai 6 6
Brothers of Italy Raffaele Speranzon 5 5
Forza Italia Elisa Venturini 2 2
Five Star Movement Erika Baldin 1 1
Venetian Autonomy List Tomas Piccinini 1 1
Veneto We Want Elena Ostanel 1 1
Green Europe Cristina Guarda 1 1
Mixed Group[lower-alpha 2] Stefano Valdegamberi 1 3

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

  1. All the group members are affiliated to Liga Veneta–Lega Nord.
  2. Current members: Fabiano Barbisan and Stefano Valdegamberi, both members of Liga Veneta, who switched to the group for technical reasons soon after the election, plus Arturo Lorenzoni, the centre-left candidate for President, who is close to both the Democratic Party and Veneto We Want (Art.1, SI, etc.).

Zaia President
  • Fabiano Barbisan (switched to the "Mixed Group" in October 2020)
  • Roberto Bet
  • Simona Bisaglia
  • Gianpaolo Bottacin (switched to the "Liga Veneta–Lega" in October 2020, appointed regional minister on 16 October 2020, replaced by substitute Giovanni Puppato)
  • Fabrizio Boron
  • Sonia Brescacin
  • Francesco Calzavara (appointed regional minister on 16 October 2020, sustituted by Roberta Vianello)
  • Silvia Cestaro
  • Elisa Cavinato
  • Giulio Centenaro
  • Roberto Ciambetti (switched to the "Liga Veneta–Lega" in October 2020)
  • Nazzareno Gerolimetto
  • Stefano Giacomin
  • Silvia Maino
  • Gabriele Michieletto
  • Filippo Rigo (switched to the "Liga Veneta–Lega" in October 2020)
  • Silvia Rizzotto
  • Luciano Sandonà
  • Francesca Scatto
  • Alessandra Sponda
  • Stefano Valdegamberi (switched to the "Mixed Group" in October 2020)
  • Roberta Vianello (substitute of Francesco Calzavara, installed on 21 October 2020)
  • Alberto Villanova
  • Marco Zecchinato

Liga Veneta–Lega

Democratic Party
  • Anna Maria Bigon
  • Vanessa Camani
  • Arturo Lorenzoni (joined the Mixed Group at the start of the term)
  • Jonatan Montanariello
  • Giacomo Possamai
  • Andrea Zanoni
  • Francesca Zottis

Brothers of Italy
  • Elena Donazzan (appointed regional minister on 16 October 2020, substitued by Joe Formaggio)
  • Joe Formaggio (substitute of Elena Donazzan, installed on 21 October 2020)
  • Daniele Polato
  • Tommaso Razzolini
  • Raffaele Speranzon
  • Enoch Soranzo

Forza Italia
  • Alberto Bozza
  • Elisa Venturini

Five Star Movement
  • Erika Baldin

Venetian Autonomy List
  • Tomas Piccinini

Veneto We Want
  • Elena Ostanel

Green Europe
  • Cristina Guarda

Election
Main article: 2020 Venetian regional election

Luca Zaia of Liga Veneta–Lega 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
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seat
Luca Zaia 1,883,959 76.79 1 Zaia for President 916,087 44.57 23
League Salvini – Venetian League[4] 347,832 16.92 9
Brothers of Italy 196,310 9.55 5
Forza Italia 73,244 3.56 2
Venetian Autonomy List 48,932 2.38 1
Total 1,582,405 77.00 40
Arturo Lorenzoni 385,768 15.72 1 Democratic Party 244,881 11.92 6
Veneto We Want 41,275 2.01 1
Green Europe 34,647 1.69 1
More Veneto in Europe – Volt 14,246 0.69 –
Venetian Left 2,405 0.12 –
Total 337,454 16.42 8
Enrico Cappelletti 79,662 3.25 – Five Star Movement 55,281 2.69 1
Paolo Girotto 21,679 0.88 – 3V Movement 14,916 0.73 –
Antonio Guadagnini 20,502 0.84 – Party of Venetians 19,756 0.96 –
Paolo Benvegnù 18,529 0.76 – Solidarity Environment Work 11,846 0.58 –
Daniela Sbrollini 15,198 0.62 – Italia Viva – PSI – PRI 12,426 0.60 –
Patrizia Bertelle 14,518 0.59 – Veneto Ecology Solidarity 9,061 0.44 –
Simonetta Rubinato 13,703 0.56 – Veneto for the Autonomies 12,028 0.59 –
Total candidates 2,453,518 100.00 2 Total parties 2,055,173 100.00 49
Source: Ministry of the Interior

References
  1. "Elezioni Regione Veneto 2015". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. "COME SI VOTA/ Video, Elezioni Regionali Veneto 2015: fac-simile scheda, seggi speciali e i documenti necessari (oggi, domenica 31 maggio)". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. "Sette leggi per sette regioni. Le differenze fra i sistemi elettorali". 25 May 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  4. "Lists and Candidates by province" (PDF). consiglioveneto.it. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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