The X Legislature of the Regional Council of Veneto, the legislative assembly of Veneto, Italy 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 runner-up The winning coalition won a bonus of seats in order to make sure the elected President had a majority in the Council.
Roberto Ciambetti (Liga Veneta–Lega 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
Strength of political groups Distribution of Seats in the Regional CouncilPolitical GroupLeader20152020Liga Veneta–Lega NordNicola Finco1112Zaia for PresidentSilvia Rizzotto1310Venetian Democratic PartyAlessandra Moretti / Stefano Fracasso97Five Star Movementrotational leadership54Brothers of ItalySergio Berlato / Andrea Bassi13Forza Italia / More Italy!–I Love VenetoMassimiliano Barison / Massimo Giorgetti32Civic Veneto / United VenetiansPietro Dalla Libera12Tosi List for Veneto / Veneto for Autonomy–Forza ItaliaStefano Casali / Maurizio Conte31Moretti President / Civic List for VenetoFranco Ferrari21NCD–UdC–Popular Area / Popular Area–Forza ItaliaMarino Zorzato11Independence We Veneto / We Are Veneto / Party of VenetiansAntonio Guadagnini11Veneto of Acting / Veneto Autonomous HeartGiovanna Negro11Venetian Centre-RightStefano Casali / Andrea Bassi00Mixed GroupPiero Ruzzante06 Sources: Regional Council of Veneto – Groups and Regional Council of Veneto – Members
Members by party of election
Zaia for President Fabiano Barbisan (switched to "Venetian Centre-Right" in May 2017, switched to the Mixed Group in February 2020) Fabrizio Boron Gianpaolo Bottacin Sonia Brescacin Francesco Calzavara Nicola Finco (switched to "Liga Veneta–Lega Nord" in June 2015) Nazzareno Gerolimetto Manuela Lanzarin Gabriele Michieletto Silvia Rizzotto Luciano Sandonà Stefano Valdegamberi (switched to the "Mixed Group" in March 2017) Alberto Villanova
Liga Veneta–Lega Nord Riccardo Barbisan Roberto Ciambetti Luca Coletto (resigned on 7 January 2019) Maurizio Colman (installed on 19 June 2018) Enrico Corsi (installed on 15 January 2019) Marino Finozzi (resigned on 15 June 2018) Gianluca Forcolin Franco Gidoni Roberto Marcato Alessandro Montagnoli Gianpiero Possamai Alberto Semenzato Luca Zaia (elected as president)
Venetian Democratic Party Graziano Azzalin Anna Maria Bigon (installed on 5 July 2019) Stefano Fracasso Alessandra Moretti (elected as runner-up for president; resigned on 2 July 2019) Bruno Pigozzo Piero Ruzzante (switched to the "Mixed Group", as a member of Article One, in February 2017) Orietta Salemi (switched to the "Mixed Group", as a member of Italia Viva, in July 2020) Claudio Sinigaglia Andrea Zanoni Francesca Zottis
Five Star Movement Erika Baldin Patrizia Bartelle (switched to the "Mixed Group" in November 2018) Jacopo Berti Manuel Brusco Simone Scarabel
Forza Italia (In March 2019 the group, no longer affiliated to Forza Italia, was re-named "More Italy!–I Love Veneto".) Massimiliano Barison (switched to "Brothers of Italy" in January 2018, switched to "United Venetians" in June 2019) Elena Donazzan (left the party by mid 2018) Massimo Giorgetti (left the party by mid 2018)
Tosi List for Veneto (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 (In July 2019 the group was re-named "Civic List for Veneto".) Franco Ferrari Cristina Guarda (switched to the "Mixed Group", as a member of the Federation of the Greens, in July 2020)
NCD–UdC–Popular Area Marino Zorzato (member of Forza Italia since November 2018)
Independence We Veneto (Since March 2016 the group was named "We Are Veneto" and since February 2020 "Party of Venetians".) Antonio Guadagnini
Brothers of Italy Sergio Berlato (resigned on 31 January 2020) Joe Formaggio (installed on 21 February 2020)
Civic Veneto (Since July 2018 the group was named "United Venetians".) Pietro Dalla Libera
Veneto of Acting / Veneto Autonomous Heart (Since December 2018 the group was named "Veneto Autonomous Heart".) Giovanna Negro
Election
Luca Zaia of Liga Veneta–Lega 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.
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