This article is about the composition of the

Regional Council of Veneto The Regional Council of Veneto (''Consiglio Regionale del Veneto'') is the regional parliament of Veneto. The Council, which has its seat at Palazzo Ferro Fini, located along the Grand Canal in Venice. was first elected in 1970, when ordinary ...

, the legislative assembly of

Veneto Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...

, during the IX Legislature, thus the term started in April 2010, following the 2010 regional election, and ended in April 2015. Of the 60 members, 53 were elected in provincial constituencies with

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

with a further 6 returned from the so-called "regional list" of the elected

President of Veneto The president of Veneto is the supreme authority of Veneto, a region of Italy. Election Originally appointed by the Regional Council of Veneto, since 1995 ''de facto'' and 2000 ''de jure'', the president is elected by popular vote every five year ...

, including the President himself, and the candidate for President who came second.

Clodovaldo Ruffato Clodovaldo Ruffato (Santa Giustina in Colle, 8 May 1953) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A long-time Christian Democrat and close ally of Vittorio Casarin, he was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2005 for Forza Italia. R ...

(

The People of Freedom The People of Freedom ( it, Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The PdL, launched by Silvio Berlusconi on 18 November 2007, was initially a federation of political parties, notably including Forza Italia a ...

, later

New Centre-Right New Centre-Right ( it, Nuovo Centrodestra, NCD) was a centre-right political party in Italy. The party was launched on 15 November 2013 by a group of dissidents of The People of Freedom (PdL) who opposed the party's transformation into Forza Ita ...

) was the President of the Council for the entire term, while

Luca Zaia Luca Zaia (born 27 March 1968) is a Venetian and Venetist politician, who has been President of Veneto since 2010. Prior to that, Zaia was President of the Province of Treviso from 1998 to 2005, Vice President of Veneto from 2005 to 2008 and M ...

(

Liga Veneta Liga Veneta ( vec, Łiga Vèneta; en, Venetian League; abbr. LV), whose complete name is ( en, Venetian League for Salvini Premier), is a regionalist political party active in Veneto. The LV, whose ideology combines Venetian nationalism and su ...

–

Lega Nord Lega Nord (; acronym: LN), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as (), without changing its official n ...

) served as

at the head of his first government.

Composition

Seven parties plus a one-member group formed by Giuseppe Bortolussi (the defeated centre-left candidate) were represented in the Council at the start of the term. The largest party in the Council was

with twenty seats, a third of the total. At the end of the term, the groups were sixteen, four of which formed for technical purposes as every group could validate the slates of two lists for the regional election; these included "Civic Veneto", "Zaia President", "

Tosi List for Veneto The Tosi List for Veneto ( it, Lista Tosi per il Veneto, LTV) was a centrist and regionalist political party in Veneto, Italy, named after its leader Flavio Tosi. The party emerged in March 2015 as a split from Liga Veneta– Lega Nord. Its mem ...

" and "Family– Pensioners".

Strength of political groups

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Members by party of election

Liga Veneta–Lega Nord

* Luca Baggio (switched to "Venetian Commitment", later "

", in March 2015) * Andrea Bassi (switched to the "Mixed Group" in March 2015) * Santino Bozza (expelled; switched to the "Mixed Group"in July 2013, later affiliated to Veneto First; switched to "Veneto First" in February 2015) *

Federico Caner Federico Caner (born 8 November 1973 in Treviso) is a Venetist politician from Veneto, Italy. A member of Liga Veneta– Lega Nord since 1993, he was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 and then re-elected in 2005 and 2010 ...

* Bruno Cappon * Vittorino Cenci (switched to " Veneto First" in February 2015) *

Roberto Ciambetti Roberto Ciambetti (born 3 July 1965 in Sandrigo) is a Venetian nationalism, Venetist politician from Veneto, Italy. A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, Ciambetti was secretary of the party from 2003 to 2007 in the province of Vicenza. Having bee ...

Maurizio Conte Maurizio Conte (born 22 September 1964 in San Martino di Lupari) is a Venetist politician from Veneto, Italy. A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord since 1993, Conte was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000. From 2001 to 2010 C ...

(switched to the "Mixed Group" in March 2015) * Cristiano Corazzari (resigned on 1 June 2014) * Enrico Corsi (installed on 8 July 2014; resigned on 1 August 2014) * Stefano Falconi (installed on 10 June 2014; switched to "Zaia President" in March 2015) * Nicola Finco (switched to "Zaia President" in March 2015) *

Marino Finozzi Marino Finozzi (born 28 October 1961 in Thiene) is a Venetist politician from Veneto, Italy. He joined Liga Veneta in 1986, well before the party was integrated into Lega Nord and was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in the 2000 ...

* Giovanni Furlanetto (switched to the "Mixed Group" in January 2014, later affiliated to Veneto First; switched to "Veneto First" in February 2015) * Arianna Lazzarini *

Franco Manzato Franco Manzato (born 19 May 1966 in Oderzo) is a Venetist politician. He is a member of Liga Veneta– Lega Nord. After a degree in philosophy, Manzato begun to work as consultant for small and medium-size enterprises and joined Liga Veneta in ...

* Giampiero Possamai (switched to "Zaia President" in March 2015) * Sandro Sandri (switched to the "Mixed Group" in October 2012; switched to "

" in September 2014) *

Daniele Stival Daniele Stival (born 2 September 1962, in San Martino di Lupari) is an Italian Venetist politician. A member of Liga Veneta– Lega Nord, he was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, c ...

(switched to "

Toward North Toward North ( it, Verso Nord, VN) is a liberal and federalist political association based in Veneto, Italy. The group, which seeks to represent all the North by enlarging itself outside Veneto, is a keen proponent of federalism, fiscal reform ...

–Venetian People" in March 2015) * Giuseppe Stoppato (installed on 16 September 2014; switched to "

–Venetian People" in March 2015) * Paolo Tosato (resigned on 2 July 2014) * Matteo Toscani (switched to "Venetian Commitment", later "

", in March 2015) *

The People of Freedom

(From November 2013 to February 2014 the group was named as "The People of Freedom – New Centre Right". Since February 2014 the group was named "The People of Freedom – Forza Italia for Veneto".) *

Davide Bendinelli Davide Bendinelli (born 19 October 1974 in Caprino Veronese) is an Italian politician from Veneto. Having joined Forza Italia, he served as minister of the Province of Verona in 1999–2009 and mayor of Garda in 2001–2010. In the 2010 regi ...

(switched to "

Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...

" in November 2013) *

Dario Bond Dario Bond (born 18 May 1961) is an Italian politician from Veneto. He was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2005 for Forza Italia. Re-elected in 2010, he was floor leader of The People of Freedom The People of Freedom ( i ...

Renato Chisso Renato Chisso (born 28 July 1954 in Quarto d'Altino) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party, he joined Forza Italia in 1994. He was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 1995 and re-el ...

(suspended on 31 May 2014) *

Giancarlo Conta Giancarlo Conta (Verona, 9 October 1949) is an Italian architect and politician. He specializes in the restoration of architectural heritage, historic buildings, urban plans and in the design of sports facilities both in Italy and abroad. He joi ...

(switched to "

" in February 2014) *

Maria Luisa Coppola Maria Luisa Coppola (born 2 November 1960 in Vicenza) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A member of National Alliance (and, prior to that, of the Italian Social Movement), in September 2001 she was appointed regional minister for the Budget, ...

(forcedly resigned on 28 November 2014) *

Piergiorgio Cortelazzo Piergiorgio Cortelazzo ( Este, 20 February 1969) is an Italian politician from Veneto. He was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 for National Alliance and was then re-elected in 2005 and 2010. Between 2005 and 2010 he was f ...

Elena Donazzan Elena Donazzan (born 22 June 1972 in Bassano del Grappa) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A member of National Alliance (and, prior to that, of the party Italian Social Movement), she was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in the 20 ...

* Amedeo Gerolimetto (installed on 8 July 2014) *

Massimo Giorgetti Massimo Giorgetti (born 20 October 1959 in Verona) is an Italian politician from Veneto. Giorgetti joined the Italian Social Movement in 1975 and served as the party's provincial secretary in Verona. In 1995 he joined National Alliance (AN). Fi ...

Nereo Laroni Nereo Laroni (2 September 1942 – 14 July 2019) was an Italian politician. Career A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party and close ally of Bettino Craxi and Gianni De Michelis, he was the mayor of Venice from 1985 to 1987 and a memb ...

(switched to "

" in February 2014) * Mauro Mainardi (switched to "

" in November 2013) *

Renzo Marangon Renzo Marangon (born 29 July 1955 in Porto Tolle) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A member of Christian Democracy since 1974, he entered the Regional Council of Veneto in 1993, in replacement of Giulio Veronese. In 1993 he was also briefl ...

(installed on 15 December 2014, joined "Forza Italia") * Leonardo Padrin (switched to "

" in November 2013) * Francesco Piccolo (installed on 9 July 2014 as substitute of

, joined the "Mixed Group"; switched to "Venetian Commitment", later "

", in March 2015) *

(switched to "

" in February 2014) *

Remo Sernagiotto Remo Sernagiotto (1 September 1955 – 29 November 2020) was an Italian politician from Veneto. Career Sernagiotto was born in Montebelluna. A long-time Christian Democrat, he was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 regional ...

(switched to "

" in November 2013; resigned on 7 July 2014) * Moreno Teso (switched to "

" in March 2014) * Carlo Alberto Tesserin (switched to "

" in February 2014) * Costantino Toniolo (switched to "

" in February 2014) *

Marino Zorzato Marino Zorzato (born 10 May 1956, in Cittadella) is an Italian politician from Veneto. A long-time Christian Democrat, Zorzato was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies for Forza Italia in 2001, 2006 and 2006. Having Forza Italia merged int ...

(switched to "

" in February 2014)

Venetian Democratic Party

* Alessio Alessandrini (installed on 9 July 2014, substitute of Giampietro Marchese until 24 July 2014; switched to "Civic Veneto" in March 2015) * Graziano Azzalin * Giuseppe Berlato Sella (switched to "Civic Veneto" in March 2015) * Franco Bonfante * Mauro Bortoli (switched to "Civic Veneto" in March 2015) *

Diego Bottacin Diego Bottacin (Noale, 7 September 1959) is an Italian politician from Veneto. In the 1980s Bottacin started his political career in the early green movements and in 1992 he was elected Mayor of Mogliano Veneto, an office he held until 2005. From ...

(switched to the "Mixed Group" in October 2010; switched to "

–Venetian People" in March 2015) * Andrea Causin (switched to the "Mixed Group" in March 2011; resigned on 25 March 2013) * Roberto Fasoli * Stefano Fracasso * Giampietro Marchese (installed on 10 April 2013; suspended on 31 May 2014; switched to the "Mixed Group" in June 2014; resigned on 24 July 2014) * Claudio Niero (installed on 14 March 2013) * Bruno Pigozzo *

Laura Puppato Laura Puppato (born 17 February 1957, Crocetta del Montello) is an Italian politician. Puppato became engaged in politics in the 1990s within local environmentalist groups and was elected mayor of Montebelluna in 2002. She proved a very popular c ...

(resigned on 12 March 2013) *

Sergio Reolon Sergio Reolon (22 May 1951 – 20 January 2017) was an Italian politician from the Veneto region. Reolon was born in Caracas to an Italian people, Italian family hailing from the Province of Belluno and lived part of his youth in Venezuela and Fe ...

* Piero Ruzzante * Claudio Sinigaglia * Lucio Tiozzo

Union of the Centre

* Raffaele Grazia (switched to " Popular Future" in May 2013) * Stefano Peraro * Stefano Valdegamberi (switched to "Popular Future" in May 2013)

Italy of Values

* Gustavo Franchetto (switched to the "Mixed Group" in January 2013; switched to "Popular Future" in May 2013) * Gennaro Marotta * Antonino Pipitone

Federation of the Left

* Pietrangelo Pettenò

North-East Union

Mariangelo Foggiato Mariangelo Foggiato (Possagno, 19 April 1954) is a Venetist politician. Having joined Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, he was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 1995. However, he left the party in 1998, when he founded Liga Veneta Repubblica ( ...

(resigned on 27 August 2014) * Rolando Bortoluzzi (installed 16 September 2014)

Bortolussi President

* Giuseppe Bortolussi

Election

The election that produced the IX Legislature took place on 28–29 March 2010.

, leader of

–

, was elected President by a landslide and his party became the largest in the region with 35.2%. The total score of Venetist parties was 37.2%, more than ever before. Liga Veneta managed the highest swing ever in a regional election in Veneto (+20.5%), gaining from almost every part of the political spectrum, but mainly from

(–7.5%), the Democrats (–8.6%) and other Venetists (–5.1%).

References

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