Members of the Regional Council of Veneto, 2010–2015

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This article is about the composition of the Regional Council of Veneto, the legislative assembly of Veneto, during the IX Legislature, which is to say the term started in April 2010, following the 2010 regional election, and to be concluded in April 2015. Of the 60 members 53 were elected in provincial constituencies with proportional representation with a further 6 returned from the so-called "regional list" of the elected President, including the President himself, and one given to the candidate for President who came second.^[1]

Since 2010 Clodovaldo Ruffato (The People of Freedom) has been the President of the Council, while Luca Zaia (Liga Veneta) has been President of the Region at the head of its first government.

Composition

Seven parties were represented in the Council at the beginning of the term, plus a one-member political group formed by Giuseppe Bortolussi, the centre-left defeated candidate.

The single largest party in the Council is Liga Veneta with 20 seats, a third of the total.

Strength of political groups

Distribution of Seats in the Regional Council
Political Group	Leader	2010	Now
Liga Veneta–Lega Nord	Federico Caner	20	20
The People of Freedom	Dario Bond	17	17
Venetian Democratic Party	Laura Puppato	14	12
Union of the Centre	Stefano Valdegamberi	3	3
Italy of Values	Gustavo Franchetto	3	3
Federation of the Left	Pietrangelo Pettenò	1	1
North-East Union	Mariangelo Foggiato	1	1
Bortolussi President	Giuseppe Bortolussi[2]	1	1
Mixed Group	Diego Bottacin[2]	–	2

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

Members by party of election

Liga Veneta–Lega Nord

• Luca Baggio
• Andrea Bassi
• Santino Bozza
• Federico Caner
• Bruno Cappon
• Vittorino Cenci
• Roberto Ciambetti
• Maurizio Conte
• Cristiano Corazzari
• Nicola Finco
• Marino Finozzi
• Giovanni Furlanetto
• Arianna Lazzarini
• Franco Manzato
• Giampiero Possamai
• Sandro Sandri
• Daniele Stival
• Paolo Tosato
• Matteo Toscani
• Luca Zaia

The People of Freedom

• Davide Bendinelli
• Dario Bond
• Renato Chisso
• Giancarlo Conta
• Maria Luisa Coppola
• Piergiorgio Cortelazzo
• Elena Donazzan
• Massimo Giorgetti
• Nereo Laroni
• Mauro Mainardi
• Leonardo Padrin
• Clodovaldo Ruffato
• Remo Sernagiotto
• Moreno Teso
• Carlo Alberto Tesserin
• Costantino Toniolo
• Marino Zorzato

Venetian Democratic Party

• Graziano Azzalin
• Giuseppe Berlato Sella
• Franco Bonfante
• Mauro Bortoli
• Diego Bottacin^[2] (switched to the Mixed Group in October 2010)
• Andrea Causin^[2] (switched to the Mixed Group in March 2010)
• Roberto Fasoli
• Stefano Fracasso
• Bruno Pigozzo
• Laura Puppato
• Sergio Reolon
• Piero Ruzzante
• Claudio Sinigaglia
• Lucio Tiozzo

Union of the Centre

• Raffaele Grazia
• Stefano Peraro
• Stefano Valdegamberi

Italy of Values

• Gustavo Franchetto
• Gennaro Marotta
• Antonino Pipitone

Federation of the Left

• Pietrangelo Pettenò

North-East Union

• Mariangelo Foggiato

Bortolussi President

• Giuseppe Bortolussi^[2]

Election

Main article: Venetian regional election, 2010

The election that produced the IX Legislature took place on 28-29 March 2010. Luca Zaia, leader of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, 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 The People of Freedom (–7.5%), the Democrats (–8.6%) and other Venetists (–5.1%).

e • d 

Candidates	Regional lists			Provincial lists					Total
	votes	%	seats	Parties	votes	%	swing	seats	party	group
Luca Zaia	1,528,386	60.2	6	Liga Veneta–Lega Nord	788,581	35.2	+20.5	18	20	37
				The People of Freedom	555,006	24.7	-7.5	13	17
				Alliance of the Centre	18,114	0.8	new	-	-
Giuseppe Bortolussi	738,761	29.1	1	Democratic Party	456,309	20.3	-8.6	14	15	19
				Italy of Values	119,396	5.3	+4.0	3	3
				Federation of the Left	35,028	1.6	-3.4	1	1
				Left Ecology Freedom–Italian Socialist Party	27,578	1.2	new	-	-
				IDEA – List for Veneto (incl. Greens)	15,907	0.7	-2.3	-	-
				Liga Veneto Autonomo	4,390	0.2	new	-	-
Antonio De Poli	162,235	6.4	-	Union of the Centre	110,417	4.9	-1.5	3	3	4
				North-East Union	34,697	1.5	-5.1	1	1
David Borrelli	80,246	3.2	-	Five Star Movement	57,848	2.6	new	-	-	-
Silvano Polo	12,891	0.5	-	Party of the Venetians	7,879	0.4	new	-	-	-
Paolo Caratossidis	9,151	0.4	-	New Force	6,476	0.3	-0.6	-	-	-
Gianluca Panto	9,066	0.4	-	Venetian National Party	6,226	0.3	new	-	-	-
Total candidates	2,540,736	100.0	7	Total parties	2,243,042	100.0	=	47	60	60

Source: Regional Council of Veneto

References

1. ^ http://www.consiglio.regione.lombardia.it/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=PRI.1046.1&p_p_id=20&p_p_action=1&p_p_state=exclusive&p_p_col_id=null&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_20_struts_action=%2Fdocument_library%2Fget_file&_20_folderId=69&_20_name=l+cost+199_PDF.pdf
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Giuseppe Bortolussi, Diego Bottacin and Andrea Causin are members of Toward North.