Members of the Regional Council of Veneto, 2025–2030

The XII Legislature of the Regional Council of Veneto, the legislative assembly of Veneto, was inaugurated in December 2025, following the 2025 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]

Luca Zaia (Liga VenetaLega), who was President of Veneto from 2010 to 2025, has served as President of the Council since 15 December 2025, while Alberto Stefani (Liga Veneta) is his successor as President of Veneto at the head of a coalition government formed by Liga Veneta, the Brothers of Italy and Forza Italia, supported also by Liga Veneta Repubblica and the Union of the Centre.

Composition

Strength of political groups

Distribution of Seats in the Regional Council
Political Group Leader Start Now
Liga VenetaLega Riccardo Barbisan 20 15
Venetian Democratic Party Giovanni Manildo 10 10
Brothers of Italy Claudio Borgia 9 9
Stefani for President[a] Matteo Pressi 0 4
Forza Italia Alberto Bozza 3 3
Resist Veneto[b] Riccardo Szumski 2 2
Greens and Left Alliance TBD 2 2
Five Star Movement Flavio Baldan 1 1
United for Manildo for President[c] Nicolò Rocco 1 1
Union of the Centre Eric Pasqualon 1 1
Liga Veneta Repubblica[d] Alessio Morosin 1 1
The Venetian Civic Lists Rossella Cendron 1 1
Mixed Group Sonia Brescacin[e] 0 1
  1. ^ Formed for technical reasons; all members are members of Liga Veneta.
  2. ^ Regional councillor Davide Lovat, is an independent close to Venetian Independence.
  3. ^ The group's only member, Nicolò Rocco, is a member of Action.
  4. ^ The group's only member, Alessio Morosin, is a member of Venetian Independence.
  5. ^ Member of Liga Veneta.
Party Seats Status
Liga VenetaLega (LV–Lega)
20 / 51
Government
Democratic Party (PD)
10 / 51
Opposition
Brothers of Italy (FdI)
9 / 51
Government
Forza Italia (FI)
3 / 51
Government
Resist Veneto (RV)
2 / 51
Opposition
Greens and Left Alliance (AVS)
2 / 51
Opposition
Five Star Movement (M5S)
1 / 51
Opposition
United for Manildo for President (UMP)
1 / 51
Opposition
Liga Veneta Repubblica (LVR)
1 / 51
Government
Union of the Centre (UDC)
1 / 51
Government
The Venetian Civics (CV)
1 / 51
Opposition
Party Seats Status
Centre-right coalition
34 / 51
Government
Centre-left coalition
15 / 51
Opposition
Resist Veneto
2 / 51
Opposition

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

Members by party of election

Liga Veneta–Lega

Venetian Democratic Party

  • Anna-Maria Bigon
  • Antonio Marco Dalla Pozza
  • Alessandro Del Bianco
  • Paolo Galeano
  • Chiara Luisetto
  • Giovanni Manildo
  • Andrea Micalizzi
  • Jonatan Montanariello
  • Monica Sambo
  • Gianpaolo Trevisi

Brothers of Italy

Forza Italia

Resist Veneto

  • Davide Lovat
  • Riccardo Szumski

Greens and Left Alliance

  • Carlo Cunegato
  • Elena Ostanel

Five Star Movement

  • Flavio Baldan

United for Manildo for President

  • Nicolò Rocco

Union of the Centre

  • Eric Pasqualon

Liga Veneta Repubblica

The Venetian Civic Lists

  • Rossella Cendron

Election

Alberto Stefani of Liga VenetaLega (formerly Lega Nord) was elected President by a landslide 64.4% of the vote, with his main rival Giovanni Manildo and Riccardo Szumski obtaining 28.9% and 5.1%, respectively. Liga Veneta was confirmed the largest in the region with 36.3% of the vote, while the combined score of Venetian nationalist and/or regional parties was 45.0%. Brothers of Italy came second with 18.7% and the Democratic Party third with 16.6%. The outgoing and term-limited president, Luca Zaia, who had been elected for this third term in 2020 with a record-breaking 76.8% of the vote, headed the electoral slates of Liga Veneta in all seven provinces and obtained 203,054 (write-in) preferences, the all-time record in Italian regional elections.

23–24 November 2025 Venetian regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Alberto Stefani 1,211,356 64.39 1 LeagueLiga Veneta 607,220 36.28 19
Brothers of Italy 312,839 18.69 9
Forza Italia 105,375 6.30 3
Liga Veneta Repubblica 30,703 1.83 1
Union of the Centre 28,109 1.68 1
Us Moderates 18,768 1.12 0
Total 1,103,014 65.90 33
Giovanni Manildo 543,278 28.88 1 Democratic Party 277,945 16.60 9
Greens and Left Alliance 77,621 4.64 2
Five Star Movement 36,866 2.20 1
United for Manildo 35,669 2.13 1
The Venetian Civics 24,926 1.49 1
Peace Health Work 10,430 0.62 0
Volt 5,339 0.32 0
Total 468,796 28.01 14
Riccardo Szumski 96,474 5.13 0 Resist Veneto 83,054 4.96 2
Marco Rizzo 20,574 1.09 0 Sovereign Popular Democracy 12,941 0.77 0
Fabio Bui 9,590 0.51 0 Populars for Veneto 6,071 0.36 0
Blank and invalid votes 36,305 1.89
Total candidates 1,881,272 100.0 2 Total parties 1,673,876 100.0 49
Registered voters/turnout 1,917,577 44.65
Source: Veneto Region – Results

References

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