Members of the Regional Council of Veneto, 2025–2030
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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 Veneta–Lega), 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 Veneta–Lega | 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 | |
- ^ Formed for technical reasons; all members are members of Liga Veneta.
- ^ Regional councillor Davide Lovat, is an independent close to Venetian Independence.
- ^ The group's only member, Nicolò Rocco, is a member of Action.
- ^ The group's only member, Alessio Morosin, is a member of Venetian Independence.
- ^ Member of Liga Veneta.
| Party | Seats | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liga Veneta–Lega (LV–Lega) | 20 / 51
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Government | |
| Democratic Party (PD) | 10 / 51
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Opposition | |
| Brothers of Italy (FdI) | 9 / 51
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Government | |
| Forza Italia (FI) | 3 / 51
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Government | |
| Resist Veneto (RV) | 2 / 51
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Opposition | |
| Greens and Left Alliance (AVS) | 2 / 51
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Opposition | |
| Five Star Movement (M5S) | 1 / 51
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Opposition | |
| United for Manildo for President (UMP) | 1 / 51
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Opposition | |
| Liga Veneta Repubblica (LVR) | 1 / 51
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Government | |
| Union of the Centre (UDC) | 1 / 51
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Government | |
| The Venetian Civics (CV) | 1 / 51
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Opposition | |
| Party | Seats | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre-right coalition | 34 / 51
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Government | ||
| Centre-left coalition | 15 / 51
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Opposition | ||
| Resist Veneto | 2 / 51
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Opposition | ||
Sources: Regional Council of Veneto – Groups and Regional Council of Veneto – Members
Members by party of election
Liga Veneta–Lega
- Riccardo Barbisan
- Giorgia Bedin
- Alessia Bevilacqua
- Sonia Brescacin (switched to the "Mixed Group" in December 2025)
- Francesco Calzavara
- Rosanna Conte
- Cristiano Corazzari
- Elisa De Berti
- Manuela Lanzarin
- Roberto Marcato
- Eleonora Mosco
- Matteo Pressi
- Filippo Rigo
- Paola Roma
- Alberto Stefani
- Andrea Tomaello
- Stefano Valdegamberi
- Roberta Vianello
- Luca Zaia
- Marco Zecchinato
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
- Laura Besio
- Dario Bond
- Claudio Borgia
- Filippo Giacinti
- Anna Leso
- Valeria Mantovan
- Lucas Pavanetto
- Francesco Rucco
- Diego Ruzza
Forza Italia
- Alberto Bozza (installed on 15 December 2025)
- Jacopo Maltauro
- Flavio Tosi (resigned on 13 December 2025)
- Elisa Venturini
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 Veneta–Lega (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.
| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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| Alberto Stefani | 1,211,356 | 64.39 | 1 | League – Liga 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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