Mayor of Venice

The Mayor of Venice (Italian: sindaco di Venezia) is an elected politician who, along with the Venice City Council of 36 members, is accountable for the strategic government of the municipality of Venice, Veneto, Italy.

The current office holder is Simone Venturini, a centre-right independent who has been in office since 2026.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Venice is a member of the City Council, but the six borough presidents are not considered Mayors because they are not the heads of separate municipalities.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Venice. In addition to electing the Mayor, the citizens of Venice also elect the members of the City Council. The City Council has the power to set policy guidelines for the Mayor and to remove him from office through a vote of no confidence.The Mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of his government.

Since 1993, the Mayor of Venice has been elected directly by the city's voters. In cities with a population over 15,000, the voters can either choose the Mayor directly or vote for a party in the Mayor's coalition. If no candidate receives at least 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. The election of the City Council is based on a direct vote for a candidate with a preferential vote system: the candidate with the most preferences wins. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally.

The seat of the City Council is the city hall Ca' Loredan on the Canal Grande.

List of mayors of Venice

Podestà (1806–1866) Podestà of Venice were appointed since 1806 to 1866 by the rulers of the city during the early- to mid-19th century: Napoleon and the Habsburgs. 1806–1811 – Daniele Renier 1811–1816 – Bartolomeo Gerolamo Gradenigo 1817–1818 – Marco Molin 1818–1827 – Francesco Calbo Crotta 1827–1834 – Domenico Morosini 1834–1837 – Giuseppe Boldù 1838–1857 – Giovanni Correr 1857–1859 – Alessandro Marcello 1860–1866 – Pierluigi Bembo

Kingdom of Italy (1866–1946) In 1860, the nascent Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Venice (Sindaco di Venezia), chosen by the City council:

Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Giambattista Giustinian(1816–1888)18661868Right 2Giuseppe Giovanelli(1824–1886)18681870Right 3Antonio Fornoni(1825–1897)18701875Right (1)Giambattista Giustinian(1816–1888)18751878Right 4 Dante Di Serego Alighieri(1843–1895)18781888Right 5 Lorenzo Tiepolo(1845–1913)18881890Right 6Riccardo Selvatico(1849–1901)18901895Left 7 Filippo Grimani(1850–1921)18951919Right 8Davide Giordano(1864–1954)19191924ANI Fascist Podestà (1926–1945)1Pietro Orsi19241929PNF2Ettore Zorzi19291930PNF3Mario Alverà19301938PNF4Giovanni Marcello19381943PNF5Giovanni Battista Dall'Armi19431945PFR Liberation (1945–1946) 9Giovanni Ponti(1896–1961)19451946DC

Republic of Italy (since 1946) City Council election (1946–1993) From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Venice was chosen by the City Council.

Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election 1Giovanni Battista Gianquinto(1905–1987)25 June 194621 January 1951PCI1946 2Angelo Spanio(1892–1976)21 January 195113 January 1955DC1951 3Roberto Tognazzi(1899–1974)13 January 195528 May 1960DC1956 4Giovanni Favaretto Fisca(1902–1986)28 May 196012 May 1970DC19601964 5Giorgio Longo(1924–2020)12 May 197021 December 1975DC1970 6Mario Rigo(1929–2019)21 December 197518 January 1985PSI19751980 7Nereo Laroni(1942–2019)18 January 198511 March 1987PSI1985 8Antonio Casellati(1928–2020)11 March 198725 January 1988PRI 9Costante Degan(1930–1988)25 January 198812 February 1988DC — (8)Antonio Casellati(1928–2020)12 February 198811 May 1990PRI 10Ugo Bergamo(b. 1951)11 May 19901 June 1993DC1990Giovanni Troiani, Special Prefectural Commissioner (1 June 1993 – 9 December 1993) Notes

Direct election (since 1993) Since 1993, the Mayor of Venice has been chosen through direct elections originally every four then every five years, under new local administration laws:

Mayor of Venice Took office Left office Party Coalition Election 11 Massimo Cacciari(b. 1944) 9 December 1993 17 November 1997 Ind Alliance of Progressives(PDS-PRC-FdV) 1993 17 November 1997 25 January 2000 The Olive Tree(PDS-PPI-PRC-FdV) 1997 Corrado Scivoletto, Special Prefectural Commissioner (25 January 2000 – 30 April 2000) 12 Paolo Costa(b. 1943) 30 April 2000 18 April 2005 Dem DL The Olive Tree(DS-PPI-SDI-PdCI) 2000 Massimo Cacciari(b. 1944) 18 April 2005 8 April 2010 DL PD DL UDEUR DS 2005 Giorgio Orsoni(b. 1946) 8 April 2010 13 June 2014 PD PD FdS FdV PSI IdV 2010 Vittorio Zappalorto, Special Prefectural Commissioner (13 June 2014 – 15 June 2015) 14 Luigi Brugnaro(b. 1961) 15 June 2015 26 September 2020 IndCI FI UDCand right-wing independents 2015 26 September 2020 29 May 2026 Lega FdI FIand right-wing independents 2020 15 Simone Venturini(b. 1987)29 May 2026Incumbent Ind FdI Lega FIand right-wing independents 2026 Notes

Timeline

By time in office RankMayorPolitical PartyTotal time in officeTerms1Massimo CacciariInd / DL 11 years, 36 days32Luigi BrugnaroInd23Giovanni Favaretto FiscaDC 24Mario RigoPSI 25Giorgio LongoDC 16Roberto TognazziDC17Paolo Costa Dem / DL 18Giovanni Battista GianquintoPCI 19Giorgio Orsoni PD 110Angelo SpanioDC 111Antonio CasellatiPRI 3 years, 43 days212Ugo BergamoDC113Nereo LaroniPSI 114Simone VenturiniInd115Costante DeganDC1

Elections City Council elections, 1946–1990

Number of votes for each party: Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI Others Total 24 March 1946 55,260 (36.8%) 40,947 (27.3%) 37,069 (24.7%) 2,251 (1.5%) 7,555 (5.0%) - - 6,967 (4.6%) 150,049 27 May 1951 68,070 (37.8%) 54,752 (30.4%) 16,884 (9.4%) 8,331 (4.6%) 1,637 (0.9%) 10,546 (5.8%) 10,693 (9.4%) 9,194 (5.0%) 180,107 27 May 1956 73,394 (37.8%) 41,022 (21.1%) 41,088 (21.1%) 6,629 (3.4%) 1,574 (0.8%) 13,877 (7.1%) 10,062 (5.2%) 6,724 (3.4%) 194,370 6 November 1960 75,936 (35.7%) 49,920 (23.5%) 45,640 (21.5%) 7,020 (3.3%) 2,531 (1.2%) 13,277 (6.2%) 10,294 (4.8%) 7,544 (3.4%) 212,463 22 November 1964 74,411 (33.9%) 55,364 (25.2%) 31,474 (14.3%) 18,286 (8.3%) - 13,277 (6.8%) 8,733 (4.0%) 16,529 (7.5%) 219,798 7 June 1970 74,057 (31.7%) 62,263 (26.6%) 27,339 (11.6%) 13,113 (5.6%) 8,101 (3.5%) 18,759 (8.0%) 9,705 (4.1%) 18,765 (7.9%)232,102 15 June 1975 73,351 (29.5%) 85,203 (34.3%) 40,243 (16.2%) 7,409 (3.0%) 9,036 (3.6%) 15,466 (6.2%) 10,956 (4.4%) 6,619 (2.7%)248,283 8 June 1980 73,492 (31.0%) 77,223 (32.6%) 40,685 (17.2%) 7,409 (3.0%) 7,000 (2.9%) 10,607 (4.5%) 8,454 (3.6%) 12,820 (5.3%)237,072 12 May 1985 66,071 (27.3%) 73,652 (30.5%) 41,819 (17.3%) 4,964 (2.1%) 11,889 (4.9%) 10,404 (4.3%) 11,704 (4.8%) 21,159 (8.7%)241,662 6 May 1990 57,800 (25.9%) 52,575 (23.6%) 39,333 (17.6%) 3,295 (1.5%) 7,452 (3.3%) 7,039 (3.2%) 6,579 (2.9%) 48,855 (21.7%)222,928

Number of seats in the City Council for each party: Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI Others Total 24 March 1946 23 16 15 - 3 - - 3 60 27 May 1951 31 12 4 4 - 5 2 2 60 27 May 1956 24 13 13 2 - 4 3 1 60 6 November 1960 23 14 13 2 - 4 3 - 60 22 November 1964 21 15 9 5 - 4 2 - 60 7 June 1970 21 17 7 3 2 5 2 360 15 June 1975 18 22 10 1 2 4 2 160 8 June 1980 20 21 11 1 1 3 2 160 12 May 1985 17 19 11 1 3 2 3 460 6 May 1990 17 15 11 - 2 2 1 1260

Mayoral and City Council election, 1993 The election took place in two rounds: the first on 21 November, the second on 5 December 1993.

CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes%Massimo Cacciari IndProgressives 89,034 42.29 107,497 55.37 Aldo MaricondaLVLV−LN 55,971 26.50 86,643 44.63 Giovanni CastellaniDCDC-LAV-PS 49,224 23.38 Bruno CanellaMSI-DN 6,048 2.87Others 10,455 4.96Eligible voters100.00100.00Voted82.9476.03Blank or invalid ballotsTotal valid votes

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| colspan="7"| |- ! colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;" | Parties and coalitions ! colspan="1" | Votes ! colspan="1" | % ! colspan="1" | Seats |- | style="background-color:pink" rowspan="6" | | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Party of the Left (Partito Democratico della Sinistra) | PDS | 33,997 || 20.59% || 16 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) | PRC | 10,738 || 6.50% || 5 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) | FdV | 9,901 || 6.00% || 4 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Progress (Progresso Socialista) | PS | 5,824 || 3.53% || 2 |- | style="background-color:orange" | | style="text-align:left;" | Alliance Venice-Mestre (Alleanza Venezia-Mestre) | AVM | 2,244 || 1.36% || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | The Network (La Rete) | LR | 1,996 || 1.21% || 0 |- style="background-color:pink" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Cacciari coalition (Left-wing) | 64,700 || 39.18% || 28 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Liga Veneta−Lega Nord | LV–LN | 49,350 || 29.88% || 10 |- | style="background-color:lightblue" rowspan="4" | | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana) | DC | 20,384 || 12.34% || 5 |- | style="background-color:pink" | | style="text-align:left;" | Lega Autonomia Veneta | LAV | 8,387 || 5.08% || 1 |- | style="background-color:gold" | | style="text-align:left;" | Venice-Mestre Pact (Patto Venezia-Mestre) | PVM | 4,891 || 2.96% || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Others | | 2,949 || 1.79% || 0 |- style="background-color:lightblue" | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Castellani coalition (Centre) | 36,611 || 22.17% || 7 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Italian Social Movement (Movimento Sociale Italiano) | MSI-DN | 5,580 || 3.38% || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Others | | 8,909 || 5.39% || 0 |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- style="font-weight:bold;" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Total | 165,150 || 100% || 46 |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Votes cast / turnout | 224,180 || 82.94% || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Registered voters | 270,305 || || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" | Source: Ministry of the Interior

Mayoral and City Council election, 1997 The election took place on 16 November 1997.

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