Regional Council of Veneto

The Regional Council of Veneto (Consiglio Regionale del Veneto) is the legislative assembly of Veneto, Italy.

Regional Council of Veneto
11th Legislature
Type
Type	Unicameral
Established	6 July 1970
Leadership
President	Roberto Ciambetti, LV–Lega since 15 October 2020
Structure
Seats	51
Political groups	Government (41)   Zaia List (18)   LV–Lega (13)   FdI (5)   FI (2)   LVA (1)   Others (2) Opposition (10)   PD (6)   VcV (1)   EV (1)   M5S (1)   Others (1)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Last election	20 September 2020
Next election	2025
Meeting place
Palazzo Ferro Fini, Venice
Website
http://www.consiglioveneto.it

The council, which has its seat at Palazzo Ferro Fini, located along the Grand Canal in Venice.^[1] was first elected in 1970, when ordinary regions were established, twenty-two years after the Italian Constitution envisioned them in 1948.

Composition

The Regional Council of Veneto (Consiglio Regionale del Veneto) is composed of 51 members. 49 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while the remaining two are the elected President and the candidate for president who comes second. The winning coalition wins a bonus of seats in order to make sure the elected president has a majority in the council.^[2][3][4]

The council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt, simul cadent (literally they will stand together or they will fall together) clause introduced in the Italian Constitution in 1999 and later incorporate in the Statute of Veneto, also the council is dissolved and an early election is called.^[5]

Political groups

See also: Members of the Regional Council of Veneto, 2020–2025

The Regional Council of Veneto is currently composed of the following political groups:^[6]

Party		Seats	Status
	Zaia for President	18 / 51	Government
	Liga Veneta–Lega (LV–Lega)	13 / 51	Government
	Democratic Party (PD)	6 / 51	Opposition
	Brothers of Italy (FdI)	5 / 51	Government
	Forza Italia (FI)	2 / 51	External support
	Venetian Autonomy List (LVA)	1 / 51	External support
	Five Star Movement (M5S)	1 / 51	Opposition
	Veneto We Want (VcV)	1 / 51	Opposition
	Green Europe (EV)	1 / 51	Opposition
	Mixed group[a]	3 / 51	—

1. In support of the government: Stefano Valdegamberi and Fabiano Barbisan. At the opposition: Arturo Lorenzoni (Independent).

By coalition:

Party		Seats	Status
	Centre-right coalition	41 / 51	Government
	Centre-left coalition	9 / 51	Opposition
	Five Star Movement	1 / 51	Opposition

Historical composition

Election	DC	PCI	PSI	PLI	PRI	PSDI	MSI	Others	Total
7 June 1970	28	9	5	2	1	3	1	1	50
15 June 1975	31	14	8	1	1	3	2	-	60
8 June 1980	32	13	7	1	1	2	2	2	60
12 May 1985	30	12	8	1	2	1	2	4	60
6 May 1990	27	10	8	1	1	1	1	11	60

Election	Majority	Opposition	Total	Council	President of the Region
23 April 1995	Centre-right (FI-AN-CCD) 36	Centre-left (PDS-PPI-FdV-PdD) 18 — 9 LN 2 PRC	65		Giancarlo Galan
16 April 2000	Centre-right (FI-LN-AN-CCD-CDU) 37	Centre-left (DS-PPI-PRC-SDI) 23	60
3 April 2005	Centre-right (FI-LN-AN-UDC) 39	Centre-left (DS-DL-PRC-FdV-PdCI-IdV) 19 – 2 PNE	60
28 March 2010	Centre-right (PdL-LN) 37	Centre-left (PD-IdV-FdS) 19 — 4 UDC	60		Luca Zaia
31 May 2015	Centre-right (LN-FI-FdI) 29	Centre-left (PD-IdV) 12 — 5 M5S 5 F!-AP	51
20 September 2020	Centre-right (Lega-FI-FdI-LVA) 41	Centre-left (PD-EV) 9 — 1 M5S	51

Presidents

Main article: President of the Regional Council of Veneto

This is a list of the Presidents of the Regional Council (Italian: Presidenti del Consiglio regionale):

Name		Period		Regional Legislature
	Vito Orcalli (DC)	6 July 1970	12 November 1974	I (1970)
	Giancarlo Gambaro (DC)	12 November 1974	14 July 1975
		14 July 1975	19 September 1975	II (1975)
	Bruno Marchetti (PSI)	19 September 1975	14 July 1980
		14 July 1980	17 June 1985	III (1980)
	Carlo Bernini (DC)	17 June 1985	29 July 1985	IV (1985)
	Francesco Guidolin (DC)	29 July 1985	11 June 1990
	Amalia Sartori (PSI)	11 June 1990	30 July 1990	V (1990)
	Umberto Carraro (PSI)	30 July 1990	5 June 1995
	Amalia Sartori (FI)	5 June 1995	29 May 2000	VI (1995)
	Enrico Cavaliere (LV–LN)	29 May 2000	9 May 2005	VII (2000)
	Marino Finozzi (LV–LN)	9 May 2005	26 April 2010	VIII (2005)
	Clodovaldo Ruffato (PdL)	26 April 2010	26 June 2015	IX (2010)
	Roberto Ciambetti (LV–Lega)	26 June 2015	15 October 2020	X (2015)
		15 October 2020	Incumbent	XI (2020)

See also

• Members of the Regional Council of Veneto, 2020–2025
• Members of the Regional Council of Veneto, 2015–2020
• Members of the Regional Council of Veneto, 2010–2015
• Members of the Regional Council of Veneto, 2005–2010
• Regional council (Italy)
• Government of Veneto
• Politics of Veneto

References

1. Mack, Eric (2019-11-14). "Venice Council Chambers Flood After Officials Vote Down Climate Change Measures". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
2. "Normativa regionale - Regione del Veneto". Archived from the original on 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
3. "COME SI VOTA/ Video, Elezioni Regionali Veneto 2015: Fac-simile scheda, seggi speciali e i documenti necessari (Oggi, domenica 31 maggio)". 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
4. "Sette leggi per sette regioni. Le differenze fra i sistemi elettorali". 26 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
5. Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law
6. "Gruppi consiliari". Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-10-31.

External links

• Regional Council of Veneto