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 runner-up.
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 CouncilPolitical GroupLeaderStartNowLiga Veneta–LegaRiccardo Barbisan2014Democratic PartyGiovanni Manildo1010Brothers of ItalyClaudio Borgia99Stefani for PresidentMatteo Pressi04Forza ItaliaAlberto Bozza33Resist VenetoRiccardo Szumski22Greens and Left AllianceCarlo Cunegato22Five Star MovementFlavio Baldan11Venetian Reformists in ActionNicolò Rocco11Liga Veneta RepubblicaAlessio Morosin11Union of the CentreEric Pasqualon11The Venetian Civic ListsRossella Cendron11Mixed GroupSonia Brescacin02
Members by party of election
Liga Veneta–Lega Riccardo Barbisan Giorgia Bedin Alessia Bevilacqua Sonia Brescacin Francesco Calzavara Rosanna Conte Cristiano Corazzari Elisa De Berti Manuela Lanzarin Roberto Marcato Stefano Marcon Morena Martini Eleonora Mosco Matteo Pressi Filippo Rigo Paola Roma Alberto Stefani Andrea Tomaello Stefano Valdegamberi Roberta Vianello Luca Zaia Marco Zecchinato
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 Matteo Baldan Claudia Barbera Fabio Benetti Laura Besio Dario Bond Claudio Borgia Silvia Calligaro Filippo Giacinti Anna Leso Valeria Mantovan Lucas Pavanetto Francesco Rucco Diego Ruzza Enoch Soranzo
Forza Italia Alberto Bozza Jacopo Maltauro Mirko Patron Flavio Tosi 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
Liga Veneta Repubblica Alessio Morosin
Union of the Centre Eric Pasqualon
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.
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