Regional Council of Veneto

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The Regional Council of Veneto (Consiglio Regionale del Veneto) is the regional parliament of Veneto.

It was first elected in 1970, when the Ordinary Regions were insituted, on the basis of the Constitution of Italy of 1948.

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[edit] Composition

The Regional Council of Veneto (Consiglio Regionale del Veneto) is composed of 60 members, of which 47 are elected in provincial constituencies with proportional representation, 12 from the so-called "regional list" of the elected President and the last one is for the candidate for President who comes second, who usually becomes the leader of the opposition in the Council. If a coalition wins more than 55% of the vote, only 6 candidates from the "regional list" will be elected and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 53.[1]

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 vel simul cadent prevision (introduced in 1999), also the Council will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election.[2]

Currently the President of the Council is Marino Finozzi.

[edit] Current composition

See also: Members of the Regional Council of Veneto, 2005–2010
Distribution of Seats in the Regional Council
Political Group Leader 2005 Now
Forza Italia Remo Sernagiotto 16 15
The Olive Tree – Venetian Democratic Party Giovanni Gallo - 12
Liga Veneta–Lega Nord Franco Manzato 11 11
National Alliance Piergiorgio Cortelazzo 6 6
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats Onorio De Boni 5 4
North-East Project Mariangelo Foggiato 2 2
Italy of Values Damiano Rossato - 2
For Veneto with Carraro Marco Zabotti 2 1
Communist Refoundation Party Pietrangelo Pettenò 1 1
Federation of the Greens Gianfranco Bettin 1 1
New Italian Socialist Party Nereo Laroni 1 1
Party of Italian Communists Nicola Atalmi 1 1
Veneto for the European People's Party Raffaele Grazia - 1
Venetian Agreement Carlo Covi - 1
Venetian People's Movement Francesco Piccolo - 1
Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy Achille Variati 7 -
Democrats of the Left Giovanni Gallo 5 -
Italian Democratic Socialists Carlo Covi 1 -
United for Carraro Massimo Carraro 1 -

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

[edit] Presidents

Main article: List of Presidents of the Regional Council of Veneto
Presidents of the Regional Council of Veneto
President Party Term Legislature
Vito Orcalli DC 1970–1974 I Legislature
Giancarlo Gambaro DC 1974–1975 I Legislature
Giancarlo Gambaro DC 1975 II Legislature
Bruno Marchetti PSI 1975–1980 II Legislature
Bruno Marchetti PSI 1980–1985 III Legislature
Francesco Guidolin DC 1985–1990 IV Legislature
Amalia Sartori PSI 1990 V Legislature
Umberto Carraro PSI 1990–1995 V Legislature
Amalia Sartori FI 1995–2000 VI Legislature
Enrico Cavaliere LV 2000–2005 VII Legislature
Marino Finozzi LV 2005–... VIII Legislature

Source: Regional Council of Veneto

[edit] Elections

See also: Elections in Veneto

[edit] Last regional election

See also: Venetian regional election, 2005

The last regional election took place on 3-4 March 2005. Giancarlo Galan (Forza Italia, House of Freedoms) was re-elected for the third time President of the Region, but the support for him was diminished by the presence of a third candidate, Giorgio Panto, who picked votes both from the centre-right camp and from the Ventist one, and of a fourth candidate of the far-right.

Forza Italia suffered a decline in term of votes and regional deputies, although remaining the largest party in the Council and also in the Region as a whole (the Olive Tree was only an electoral alliance at the time and the three parties which were part of it formed separate groups in the Council), while Venetist parties had a very good result: the combined score of Liga Veneta (14.7%), North-East Project (5.4%) and Liga Fronte Veneto (1.2%) was 21.3%, up from the 15.6% of 2000 (Liga Veneta 12.0%, Veneti d'Europa 2.4% and Fronte Marco Polo 1.2%.


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Summary of the 3-4 April 2005 Venetian Regional Council election results
Candidates Votes % Parties Votes % Seats
Giancarlo Galan 1,365,698 50.6% Forza Italia 523,176 22.7% 16
Liga Veneta-Lega Nord 337,535 14.7% 11
National Alliance 185,293 8.1% 6
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 147,790 6.4% 5
New Italian Socialist Party 32,454 1.4% 1
Massimo Carraro 1,144,358 42.4% The Olive Tree 560,407 24.3% 14
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For Veneto with Carraro 107,014 4.6% 2
Communist Refoundation Party 80,350 3.5% 1
Federation of the Greens 69,062 3.0% 1
Party of Italian Communists 34,782 1.5% 1
Italy of Values 29,570 1.3% -
Liga Fronte Veneto 27,481 1.2% -
Consumers' List 15,667 0.7% -
UDEUR Populars 6,246 0.3% -
Giorgio Panto 162,037 6.0% North-East Project 125,417 5.4% 2
Roberto Bussinello 28,649 1.1% Social Alternative 20,426 0.9% -

Source: Regional Council of Veneto

[edit] Previous regional elections

[edit] See also

[edit] 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. ^ 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

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