Members of the Regional Council of Veneto, 2015–2020

The X Legislature of the Regional Council of Veneto, the legislative assembly of Veneto, was inaugurated in June 2015, following the 2015 regional election, and ended in October 2020. 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. The winning coalition won a bonus of seats in order to make sure the elected President had a majority in the Council.[1][2][3]

Roberto Ciambetti (Liga VenetaLega Nord) was the President of the Council for the entire term, while Luca Zaia (Liga Veneta–Lega Nord) served as President of Veneto at the head of his second government.

Composition

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Strength of political groups

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Distribution of Seats in the Regional Council
Political Group Leader 2015 2020
Liga VenetaLega Nord Nicola Finco 11 12
Zaia for President[a][b] Silvia Rizzotto 13 10
Democratic Party Alessandra Moretti / Stefano Fracasso 9 7
Five Star Movement rotational leadership 5 4
Brothers of Italy[c] Sergio Berlato / Andrea Bassi 1 3
Forza Italia / More Italy!–I Love Veneto[d] Massimiliano Barison / Massimo Giorgetti 3 2
Civic Veneto / United Venetians Pietro Dalla Libera[e] 1 2
Tosi List for Veneto / Veneto for AutonomyForza Italia Stefano Casali / Maurizio Conte[f] 3 1
Moretti President / Civic List for Veneto Franco Ferrari 2 1
NCDUdCPopular Area / Popular AreaForza Italia Marino Zorzato[g] 1 1
Independence We Veneto / We Are Veneto / Party of Venetians Antonio Guadagnini 1 1
Veneto of Acting / Veneto Autonomous Heart Giovanna Negro 1 1
Venetian Centre-Right[h] Stefano Casali / Andrea Bassi 0 0
Mixed Group[i] Piero Ruzzante 0 6

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

  1. ^ All the group members were affiliated to Liga VenetaLega Nord. See http://www.larena.it/territori/citt%C3%A0/valdegamberipassa-nel-gruppo-misto-1.5531130.
  2. ^ Three members left the group for technical reasons: Nicola Finco in order to lead the group of Liga VenetaLega Nord, Stefano Valdegamberi to balance the composition of the Mixed Group, and Fabiano Barbisan to help the formation of the Venetian Centre-Right group.
  3. ^ The group was originally composed of just one member, Sergio Berlato, who left in February 2020 in order to become an MEP. He was replaced by Joe Formaggio. Contextually, the group was joined by Andrea Bassi and Stefano Casali, splinters of Tosi List for Veneto and, later, founding members of Venetian Centre-Right. The party counts two more councillors, Elena Donazzan and Massimo Giorgetti, who were splinters from Forza Italia and continue to sit in their original group. Af sixth coincillor, Massimiliano Barison, was a member of Brothers of Italy and the group from January 2018 to June 2019.
  4. ^ The remaining two members of the group, Massimo Giorgetti and Elena Donazzan, were no longer affiliated to Forza Italia by mid 2018, both citing disagreements with the party's regional leadership. In December 2018 Donazzan launched I Love Veneto. In February 2019 Giorgetti joined Brothers of Italy, but chose not to join that party's group and to maintain his affiliation with Donazzan. In March 2019 the name of the group was finally changed. In June 2019 also Donazzan joined Brothers of Italy.
  5. ^ Founding member Piero Dalla Libera was elected as part of the centre-left coalition and then switched its allegiance to the majority led by President Luca Zaia. In June 2019 he was joined by Massimiliano Barison, a former member of Forza Italia and Brothers of Italy.
  6. ^ Maurizio Conte joined Forza Italia in August 2017, but was not able to add the party's name to that of the group until March 2019.
  7. ^ Marino Zorzato joined Forza Italia in November 2018, but was not able to add the party's name to that of the group until March 2019.
  8. ^ The group was formed in May 2017 by Fabiano Barbisan of Liga Veneta, who joined the group for technical purposes, and two splinters of the Tosi List for Veneto, Andrea Bassi and Stefano Casali. In February 2020 the latter two joined Brothers of Italy and the group was thus dissolved.
  9. ^ Final members: Piero Ruzzante, splinter of the Democratic Party and member of Article One; Stefano Valdegamberi, a former member of the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats and elect of the Zaia President list in 2015 (he officially joined Liga Veneta in June 2020); Patrizia Bartelle, splinter of the Five Star Movement and member of Italia in Comune; Fabiano Barbisan, a member of Liga Veneta who had been a member of Venetian Centre-Right from May 2017 to February 2020; Cristina Guarda, a member of the Federation of Greens; and Orietta Salemi, a member of Italia Viva. Ruzzante's latest affiliation was with "The Veneto We Want" (a grouping formed by Arturo Lorenzoni; Valdegamberi's Tzimbar Earde, "Cimbrian Land", due to his Cimbrian roots; Bertelle's "Veneto Ecology Solidarity".

Members by party of election

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Zaia for President

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Liga Veneta–Lega Nord

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Venetian Democratic Party

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Five Star Movement

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Forza Italia

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(In March 2019 the group, no longer affiliated to Forza Italia, was re-named "More Italy!–I Love Veneto".)

Tosi List for Veneto

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(In July 2017 the group, no longer connected to the Tosi List for Veneto, was re-named "Veneto for Autonomy".)

  • Andrea Bassi (switched to "Venetian Centre-Right" in May 2017, switched o "Brothers of Italy" in February 2020)
  • Stefano Casali (switched to "Venetian Centre-Right" in May 2017, switched o "Brothers of Italy" in February 2020)
  • Maurizio Conte (member of Forza Italia since August 2017)

Moretti for President

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(In July 2019 the group was re-named "Civic List for Veneto".)

NCD–UdC–Popular Area

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Independence We Veneto

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(Since March 2016 the group was named "We Are Veneto" and since February 2020 "Party of Venetians".)

Brothers of Italy

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Civic Veneto

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(Since July 2018 the group was named "United Venetians".)

Veneto of Acting / Veneto Autonomous Heart

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(Since December 2018 the group was named "Veneto Autonomous Heart".)

Election

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Luca Zaia of Liga VenetaLega Nord was re-elected President by a landslide 50.1% of the vote. Liga Veneta, which ran an official party list and a list named after Zaia, was confirmed the largest in the region with 40.9%. The Democratic Party came second with 20.5% (combined result of official party list and Alessandra Moretti's personal list) and the Five Star Movement third with 10.4%. The total score of Venetist parties was 54.3%, then a record.

31 May 2015 Venetian regional election results
 
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seat
Luca Zaia 1,108,065 50.09 1
Zaia for President 427,363 23.09 13
Northern LeagueVenetian League 329,966 17.83 10
Forza Italia 110,573 5.97 3
Independence We Veneto 49,929 2.70 1
Brothers of Italy 48,163 2.60 1
Total 965,994 52.19 28
Alessandra Moretti 503,147 22.74 1
Democratic Party 308,438 16.66 8
Moretti for President 70,764 3.82 2
Civic Veneto 26,903 1.45 1
New Veneto (SELEuropean GreensSV) 20,282 1.10
Autonomous Veneto Project 6,242 0.34
Total 432,629 23.37 11
Jacopo Berti 262,749 11.88 Five Star Movement 192,630 10.41 5
Flavio Tosi 262,569 11.87
Tosi List for Veneto 105,836 5.72 3
Popular Area (NCDUDC) 37,937 2.05 1
Veneto of Acting 26,119 1.41 1
Pensioners' Family 14,625 0.79
North-East Union 11,173 0.60
Breed Piave – Veneto Confederal State 3,487 0.19
Total 199,177 10.76 5
Alessio Morosin 55,760 2.52 Venetian Independence 46,578 2.52
Laura Coletti 19,914 0.90 The Other Veneto 13,997 0.76
Total candidates 2,212,204 100.00 2 Total parties 1,851,005 100.00 49
Source: Ministry of the Interior


References

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  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.