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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]
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) serves as President of Veneto at the head of his third government.
Distribution of Seats in the Regional Council | ||||
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Political Group | Leader | 2020 | Now | |
Zaia for President[a][b] | Alberto Villanova | 23 | 17 | |
Liga Veneta | Giuseppe Pan | 10 | 13 | |
Democratic Party | Giacomo Possamai / Vanessa Camani | 6 | 6 | |
Brothers of Italy | Raffaele Speranzon / Daniele Polato / Enoch Soranzo / Daniele Polato / Enoch Soranzo | 5 | 5 | |
Forza Italia[c] | Elisa Venturini | 2 | 2 | |
Five Star Movement | Erika Baldin | 1 | 1 | |
Venetian Autonomy List[d] | Tomas Piccinini | 1 | 1 | |
Veneto We Want | Elena Ostanel | 1 | 1 | |
Green Europe | Cristina Guarda | 1 | 1 | |
Mixed Group[e] | Stefano Valdegamberi | 1 | 4 |
Sources: Regional Council of Veneto – Groups and Regional Council of Veneto – Members
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.
Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seat | ||
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Luca Zaia | 1,883,959 | 76.79 | 1 | Zaia for President | 916,087 | 44.57 | 23 | ||
League – 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 – Electoral Archive |