2025 Venetian regional election

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The 2025 Venetian regional election was held in Veneto, Italy from 23 to 24 November 2025.

Registered4,294,608
Turnout44.65% (Decrease16.51%)
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2025 Venetian regional election

 2020
23–24 November 2025
2030 

All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Veneto
Opinion polls
Registered4,294,608
Turnout44.65% (Decrease16.51%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Alberto Stefani Giovanni Manildo Riccardo Szumski
Party Lega PD RV
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
Seats won 34 15 2
Seat change Decrease7 Increase5[a] New
Popular vote 1,211,356 543,278 96,474
Percentage 64.39% 28.88% 5.13%
Swing Decrease12.40% Increase9.91%[a] New

Map of the election result

President before election

Luca Zaia
Lega

Elected President

Alberto Stefani
Lega

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Electoral system

The Regional Council of Veneto is composed of 51 members. The president elect is the candidate winning a plurality of votes. 49 council seats are distributed according to proportional representation, with a majority bonus system assigning 60% of the 50 seats to the lists running with the candidate winning more than 40% of the votes.[1] A single list must win at least 3% of the votes in order to access the seats distribution, while a coalition must win over 5% of the votes.[1] The president and the second place presidential candidate automatically becomes a member of the council.

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Seat distribution of the Regional Council of Veneto
Provinces Seats
Belluno2
Padua9
Rovigo2
Treviso9
Venice9
Verona9
Vicenza9
President1
Runner-up1
Total51
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Parties and candidates

Main presidential candidates

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Candidate Experience Alliance

Alberto Stefani
Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2018–2025)
Mayor of Borgoricco (2019–2024)
Regional Commissioner/Secretary of Liga Veneta (2020–2026)
Federal Deputy Secretary of Lega (2024–present)
Centre-right coalition

Giovanni Manildo[2]
Mayor of Treviso (2013–2018) Centre-left coalition
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Parties and coalitions

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Coalition Party Candidate
Centre-right coalition Liga VenetaLega Alberto Stefani
Forza Italia
Brothers of Italy (incl. CI)
Liga Veneta Repubblica (incl. part of IV)
Union of the Centre (incl. PdF)
Us Moderates
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party Giovanni Manildo
Five Star Movement
Greens and Left Alliance
United for Manildo for President (incl. part of Az, Italia Viva, +E, PSI)
Peace Health Work (incl. PRC)
The Venetian Civic Lists
Volt Italy
Resist Veneto (incl. Vita, part of IV and other groups)[3]Riccardo Szumski
Sovereign Popular DemocracyMarco Rizzo
Populars for VenetoFabio Bui
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Campaign

Debate

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Date Location Organizer Link Participant Source
 P  Present  A  Absent invited  NI  Not invited  I  Invited Stefani Manildo Rizzo Szumski Bui
17 November 2025 Rome Sky TG24 Video P P NI NI NI [4]
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Opinion polls

Presidential candidates

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Electoral lists

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Outcome

Result

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23–24 November 2025 Venetian regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Alberto Stefani 1,211,356 64.39 1 Liga VenetaLega 607,220 36.28 19
Brothers of Italy 312,839 18.69 9
Forza Italia 105,375 6.30 3
Liga Veneta Repubblica 30,703 1.83 1
Union of the Centre 28,109 1.68 1
Us Moderates 18,768 1.12 0
Total 1,103,014 65.90 33
Giovanni Manildo 543,278 28.88 1 Democratic Party 277,945 16.60 9
Greens and Left Alliance 77,621 4.64 2
Five Star Movement 36,866 2.20 1
United for Manildo for President 35,669 2.13 1
The Venetian Civic Lists 24,926 1.49 1
Peace Health Work 10,430 0.62 0
Volt 5,339 0.32 0
Total 468,796 28.01 14
Riccardo Szumski 96,474 5.13 0 Resist Veneto 83,054 4.96 2
Marco Rizzo 20,574 1.09 0 Sovereign Popular Democracy 12,941 0.77 0
Fabio Bui 9,590 0.51 0 Populars for Veneto 6,071 0.36 0
Blank and invalid votes 36,305 1.89
Total candidates 1,881,272 100.0 2 Total parties 1,673,876 100.0 49
Registered voters/turnout 1,917,577 44.65
Source: Veneto Region – Results
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Popular vote by party
Lega
36.28%
FdI
18.69%
PD
16.60%
FI
6.30%
RV
4.96%
AVS
4.64%
M5S
2.20%
UpM
2.13%
LVR
1.83%
UdC
1.68%
LCV
1.49%
NM
1.12%
Others
2.08%
Popular vote by president
Stefani
64.39%
Manildo
28.88%
Szumski
5.13%
Rizzo
1.09%
Bui
0.51%

Turnout

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Voter turnout[8]
Constituency Sunday, November 23 Monday, November 24 Previous Election
12:00 PM 19:00 PM 23:00 PM 15:00 PM
Belluno 8.00%22.72%25.96% 35.29% 47.84%Decrease 12.55%
Padua 10.88%32.25%37.67% 49.04% 65.43%Decrease 16.39%
Rovigo 9.39%26.36%30.58% 41.19% 59.88%Decrease 18.69%
Treviso 9.83%29.05%33.31% 43.78% 58.27%Decrease 14.49%
Venice 10.25%28.92%33.24% 44.00% 62.52%Decrease 21.52%
Verona 10.00%29.00%33.74% 44.75% 61.95%Decrease 17.20%
Vicenza 10.39%29.85%34.40% 45.10% 61.80%Decrease 16.70%
Veneto Total10.10%29.30%33.87%44.64%61.16%Decrease 16.52%
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Analysis

Stefani won nearly two-thirds of the vote, defeating Manildo by 35.5 percentage points. His highest support came from the Province of Verona, where he received 69.4% of the vote. Manildo exceeded 30% only in the Metropolitan City of Venice (35.14%) and the Province of Padua (30.37%) and Belluno (30.17%).

The "Resist Veneto" list, led by Riccardo Szumski, received 5% of the regional vote and entered the council. Its strongest results were in northern Veneto, with 10.33% in the Province of Treviso and 6.67% in Belluno.

Stefani won all but three comuni in the region, including 38 of the 40 municipalities with over 20,000 residents. Manildo won pluralities in Padua (by 1%) and Venice (by 0.5%). He also remained competitive in Treviso and Belluno, staying above 40% in both, and reached 39.45% in Vicenza. In Verona, Stefani led with 58.2%, 21 points ahead of Manildo.

Szumski’s list performed particularly well in northern Treviso, earning 14.18% in Conegliano and 13.75% in Vittorio Veneto. In Santa Lucia di Piave, where Szumski previously served as mayor, he won 43.15%, finishing six points ahead of Stefani. Bui received 7.79% in Loreggia, where he was formerly mayor, while Stefani won his own former municipality, Borgoricco, with 81.39%.

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Elected councilors

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References

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