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The XI Legislature of the Regional Council of Veneto, the legislative assembly of Veneto, was inaugurated in October 2020, following the 2020 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 candidate for President who came second.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Roberto Ciambetti (Liga Veneta–Lega) is the current President of the Council (having served in that role also in 2015–2020), while Luca Zaia (Liga Veneta) serves as President of Veneto at the head of his third government.

Composition

Strength of political groups

Distribution of Seats in the Regional Council
Political Group		Leader	2020	Now
	Zaia for President^[a]^[b]	Alberto Villanova	23	17
	Liga Veneta	Giuseppe Pan	10	13
	Democratic Party	Giacomo Possamai / Vanessa Camani	6	6
	Brothers of Italy	Raffaele Speranzon / Daniele Polato / Enoch Soranzo / Daniele Polato / Enoch Soranzo	5	5
	Forza Italia^[c]	Elisa Venturini	2	2
	Five Star Movement	Erika Baldin	1	1
	Venetian Autonomy List^[d]	Tomas Piccinini	1	1
	Veneto We Want	Elena Ostanel	1	1
	Green Europe	Cristina Guarda	1	1
	Mixed Group^[e]	Stefano Valdegamberi	1	4

Sources: Regional Council of Veneto – Groups and Regional Council of Veneto – Members

^ This group and "Liga Veneta" are united in a joint group named "Lega – Liga Veneta". See https://www.vipiu.it/leggi/villanova-e-pan-lega-lv-intergruppo-lega-liga-veneta-non-piu-due-gruppi-separati-ma-ununica-squadra-di-militanti-leghisti-con-obiettivi-comuni.
^ All the group members are affiliated to Liga Veneta–Lega.
^ A third regional councillor, Fabrizio Boron, who joined the party in December 2023, sits in the Mixed Group for technical reasons.
^ The group's only member, Tomas Piccinini, is a member of Liga Veneta. See https://legaonline.it/veneto
^ Current members: Fabiano Barbisan and Stefano Valdegamberi, both originally members of Liga Veneta, who switched to the group for technical reasons soon after the election and are no longer party members for different reasons, Arturo Lorenzoni, the centre-left candidate for President, who is close to both the Democratic Party and Veneto We Want (Art.1, SI, etc.), and Fabrizio Boron, another former member of Liga Veneta, who joined Forza Italia in December 2023, without changing group affiliation thereafter.

Members by party of election

Zaia President

Fabiano Barbisan (switched to the "Mixed Group" in October 2020)
Roberto Bet
Simona Bisaglia
Gianpaolo Bottacin (switched to the "Liga Veneta" in October 2020, appointed regional minister on 16 October 2020, replaced by substitute Giovanni Puppato)
Fabrizio Boron (switched to the "Mixed Group" in November 2023, member of Forza Italia since December 2023.
Sonia Brescacin
Francesco Calzavara (appointed regional minister on 16 October 2020, sustituted by Roberta Vianello)
Silvia Cestaro
Elisa Cavinato
Giulio Centenaro
Roberto Ciambetti (switched to the "Liga Veneta" in October 2020)
Nazzareno Gerolimetto
Stefano Giacomin
Silvia Maino
Gabriele Michieletto
Filippo Rigo (switched to the "Liga Veneta" in October 2020)
Silvia Rizzotto
Luciano Sandonà
Francesca Scatto
Alessandra Sponda
Stefano Valdegamberi (switched to the "Mixed Group" in October 2020)
Roberta Vianello (substitute of Francesco Calzavara, installed on 21 October 2020)
Alberto Villanova
Marco Zecchinato

Liga Veneta

Marco Andreoli (substitute of Elisa De Berti, installed on 21 October 2020)
Elisa De Berti (appointed regional minister on 16 October 2020, substituted by Marco Andreoli)
Marco Dolfin
Federico Caner (appointed regional minister on 16 October 2020, substituted by Giacomo Possamai)
Andrea Cecchellero (installed on 16 July 2024)
Milena Cecchetto (substitute of Manuela Lanzarin, installed on 21 October 2020)
Laura Cestari (substitute of Cristiano Corazzari, installed on 21 October 2020)
Cristiano Corazzari (appointed regional minister on 16 October 2020, substituted by Laura Cestari)
Enrico Corsi
Marzio Favero
Nicola Finco (resigned on 9 July 2024)
Manuela Lanzarin (appointed regional minister on 16 October 2020, substituted by Milena Cecchetto)
Giacomo Possamai (substitute of Federico Caner, installed on 21 October 2020)
Giovanni Puppato (substitute of Gianpaolo Bottacin, installed on 21 October 2020)
Roberto Marcato (appointed regional minister on 16 October 2020, substituted by Giuseppe Pan)
Giuseppe Pan (substitute of Roberto Marcato, installed on 21 October 2020)
Luca Zaia

Democratic Party

Anna Maria Bigon
Vanessa Camani
Arturo Lorenzoni (joined the Mixed Group at the start of the term)
Chiara Luisetto (installed on 20 June 2023)
Jonatan Montanariello
Giacomo Possamai (resigned on 20 June 2023)
Andrea Zanoni
Francesca Zottis

Brothers of Italy

Stefano Casali (installed on 31 July 2024)
Elena Donazzan (appointed regional minister on 16 October 2020, substituted by Joe Formaggio; resigned on 20 July 2024)
Joe Formaggio (substitute of Elena Donazzan, installed on 21 October 2020; permanent replacement since 20 July 2024)
Lucas Pavanetto (installed on 14 October 2022)
Daniele Polato (resigned on 31 July 2024)
Tommaso Razzolini
Raffaele Speranzon (resigned on 14 October 2022)
Enoch Soranzo

Forza Italia

Green Europe

Cristina Guarda (resigned on 9 July 2024)
Renzo Masolo (installed on 16 July 2024)

Election

Luca Zaia of Liga Veneta–Lega was re-elected President by a record 76.8% of the vote. Liga Veneta, which ran an official party list, a list named after Zaia and a third list in combination with Liga Veneta Repubblica, was confirmed the largest in the region with 63.9%. The Democratic Party came second with 11.9% and the Brothers of Italy third with 9.6%. The total score of Venetist parties was 65.5%, the highest ever.

20–21 September 2020 Venetian regional election results
Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seat

	Luca Zaia	1,883,959	76.79	1		Zaia for President	916,087	44.57	23
						League – Venetian League^[4]	347,832	16.92	9
						Brothers of Italy	196,310	9.55	5
						Forza Italia	73,244	3.56	2
						Venetian Autonomy List	48,932	2.38	1
					Total		1,582,405	77.00	40
	Arturo Lorenzoni	385,768	15.72	1		Democratic Party	244,881	11.92	6
						Veneto We Want	41,275	2.01	1
						Green Europe	34,647	1.69	1
						More Veneto in Europe – Volt	14,246	0.69	–
						Venetian Left	2,405	0.12	–
					Total		337,454	16.42	8
	Enrico Cappelletti	79,662	3.25	–		Five Star Movement	55,281	2.69	1
	Paolo Girotto	21,679	0.88	–		3V Movement	14,916	0.73	–
	Antonio Guadagnini	20,502	0.84	–		Party of Venetians	19,756	0.96	–
	Paolo Benvegnù	18,529	0.76	–		Solidarity Environment Work	11,846	0.58	–
	Daniela Sbrollini	15,198	0.62	–		Italia Viva – PSI – PRI	12,426	0.60	–
	Patrizia Bertelle	14,518	0.59	–		Veneto Ecology Solidarity	9,061	0.44	–
	Simonetta Rubinato	13,703	0.56	–		Veneto for the Autonomies	12,028	0.59	–

Total candidates		2,453,518	100.00	2	Total parties		2,055,173	100.00	49
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Electoral Archive

References

^ "Elezioni Regione Veneto 2015". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
^ "COME SI VOTA/ Video, Elezioni Regionali Veneto 2015: fac-simile scheda, seggi speciali e i documenti necessari (oggi, domenica 31 maggio)". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
^ "Sette leggi per sette regioni. Le differenze fra i sistemi elettorali". 25 May 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
^ "Lists and Candidates by province" (PDF). consiglioveneto.it. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[4] This group and "Liga Veneta" are united in a joint group named "Lega – Liga Veneta". See https://www.vipiu.it/leggi/villanova-e-pan-lega-lv-intergruppo-lega-liga-veneta-non-piu-due-gruppi-separati-ma-ununica-squadra-di-militanti-leghisti-con-obiettivi-comuni.

[5] All the group members are affiliated to Liga Veneta–Lega.

[6] A third regional councillor, Fabrizio Boron, who joined the party in December 2023, sits in the Mixed Group for technical reasons.

[7] The group's only member, Tomas Piccinini, is a member of Liga Veneta. See https://legaonline.it/veneto

[8] Current members: Fabiano Barbisan and Stefano Valdegamberi, both originally members of Liga Veneta, who switched to the group for technical reasons soon after the election and are no longer party members for different reasons, Arturo Lorenzoni, the centre-left candidate for President, who is close to both the Democratic Party and Veneto We Want (Art.1, SI, etc.), and Fabrizio Boron, another former member of Liga Veneta, who joined Forza Italia in December 2023, without changing group affiliation thereafter.

[1] "Elezioni Regione Veneto 2015". Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[2] "COME SI VOTA/ Video, Elezioni Regionali Veneto 2015: fac-simile scheda, seggi speciali e i documenti necessari (oggi, domenica 31 maggio)". Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[3] "Sette leggi per sette regioni. Le differenze fra i sistemi elettorali". 25 May 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[9] "Lists and Candidates by province" (PDF). consiglioveneto.it. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

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Members of the Regional Council of Veneto, 2020–2025