Regional Council of Lombardy

The political system of the Regions of Italy was changed in 1995, when a semi-presidential system was introduced. If until that year the Council was elected under a pure proportional system and the President of Lombardy was chosen and dismissed by the Council, since 1995 the President and the Council are jointly elected by the people.

The Regional Council of Lombardy is composed of 80 members. From 1995 to 2012, 64 councillors were elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 16 councillors (elected in bloc) came from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat was reserved for the candidate who came second. If a coalition won more than 40 seats with PR, as happened during the 2000 election, only 8 candidates from the regional list would be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 72. If the winning coalition received less than 50% of votes, as happened during the 1995 election, special seats were added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.[1][2][3]

A new Lombard electoral law was adopted on 26 October 2012. While the President of Lombardy and the leader of the opposition are still elected at-large, 78 councillors, instead of 64 as it was before, are elected by party lists under a form of semi-proportional representation. The winning coalition receives a jackpot of at least 45 seats, which are divided between all majority parties using the D'Hondt method, as it happens between the losing lists. Each party then distributes its seats to its provincial lists, where candidates are openly selected.

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, simul cadent clause introduced in 1999 (literally they will stand together or they will fall together), also the Council is dissolved and a snap election is called.[4][5]

The Council chooses its speaker, called President of the Council (Presidente del Consiglio).

Political groups (2018–2023)

The Council is composed of the following political groups:[6]

Party		Seats	Status
	League – Lombard League	29 / 80	Government
	Democratic Party	14 / 80	Opposition
	Five Star Movement	13 / 80	Opposition
	Forza Italia	12 / 80	Government
	Brothers of Italy	3 / 80	Government
	Energies for Italy	1 / 80	Government
	Us with Italy	1 / 80	Government
	Ideal Lombardy – Fontana for President	1 / 80	Government
	European Civic Lombards	1 / 80	Opposition
	+Europe – Radicals	1 / 80	Opposition
	Mixed[lower-alpha 1]	4 / 80

1. Patrizia Baffi (Italia Viva)
   Viviana Beccalossi (Independent)
   Paolo Franco (Cambiamo!)
   Niccolò Carretta (Action)

By coalition:

Party		Seats	Status
	Centre-right coalition	49 / 80	Government
	Centre-left coalition	18 / 80	Opposition
	Five Star Movement	13 / 80	Opposition

Historical composition

Pirelli Tower in Milan has been the seat of the Regional Council and related offices since 1970

Election	DC	PCI	PSI	PLI	PRI	PSDI	MSI	Others	Total
7 June 1970	36	19	9	4	2	5	3	2	80
15 June 1975	32	25	11	2	2	3	3	2	80
8 June 1980	34	23	11	2	2	3	3	2	80
12 May 1985	31	22	12	1	4	2	4	4	80
6 May 1990	25	15	12	1	2	1	2	22	80

Election	Majority	Opposition	Total	Council	President of the Region
23 April 1995	38 FI 12 AN 4 CCD	12 LN 11 PDS 5 PRC 4 PPI 2 Greens 2 PdD	90		Roberto Formigoni
16 April 2000	27 FI 11 LN 8 AN 2 CCD 2 CDU 1 PP	20 The Olive Tree 5 PRC 3 Bonino List 1 SDI	80
3 April 2005	25 FI 15 LN 9 AN 3 UDC	20 The Olive Tree 3 PRC 2 Greens 1 Greens 1 PP 1 PdCI	80
28 March 2010	29 PdL 20 LN	22 PD 4 IdV 3 UDC 1 PP 1 SEL	80
24 February 2013 (snap election)	19 PdL 16 LN 11 Maroni List 2 FdI 1 PP	17 PD 9 M5S 5 Ambrosoli List	80		Roberto Maroni
4 March 2018	29 LN 14 FI 3 FdI 1 Fontana List 1 NcI 1 EpI	16 PD 13 M5S 2 Gori List 1 +Eu	80		Attilio Fontana

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

Notes

• Regional council
• Politics of Lombardy
• President of Lombardy

• Regional Council of Lombardy