This page gathers the results of elections in Veneto.
Veneto has always been characterised by the big role played by the Catholic Church and centrist politics, but was also an early stronghold of the Radical Party and the Italian Socialist Party.[1] In 1919, in the first election with male universal suffrage, the Catholic-inspired Italian People's Party won 42.6% of the vote and the Italian Socialist Party 36.2%.[2]
After World War II, Veneto was a stronghold of Christian Democracy, which was by far the largest party, successively won all the elections from 1946 to 1992 and continuously held the helm of the Regional Government from its establishment in 1970 to 1993. In 1994 the party was disbanded and its main successor, the new Italian People's Party, was much weaker.
In the 1980s Veneto saw the rise of Venetian nationalism and Liga Veneta, a regionalist party which was a founding member of Lega Nord in 1991. Liga Veneta almost replaced Christian Democracy in its heartlands, but was not initially able to gain regional power. In fact, since 1995, Christian Democracy's hegemony was replaced by that of the centre-right Pole/House of Freedoms coalition and especially Forza Italia, whose regional leader Giancarlo Galan was President of Veneto for 15 years.
After a decline in term of votes and a resurgence, in 2010 Liga Veneta gained control of the Regional Government with Luca Zaia as President and the support of The People of Freedom, a broad centre-right party resulted from the merger of Forza Italia and National Alliance. Liga Veneta and Zaia were confirmed in 2015, with a more cohesive majority.
On 22 October 2017 an autonomy referendum took place in Veneto: 57.2% of Venetians participated and 98.1% voted "yes".
The provincial breakdown of selected election results is shown in the tables below. Only parties above 5% are included.
Province | DC | PSI | PCI |
Verona | 48.8 | 33.3 | 10.5 |
Vicenza | 61.1 | 24.1 | 8.1 |
Padua | 55.7 | 23.2 | 12.8 |
Treviso | 53.5 | 21.1 | 8.5 |
Belluno | 51.7 | 28.7 | 10.1 |
Venice | 40.3 | 26.2 | 21.1 |
Rovigo | 28.0 | 35.7 | 28.5 |
Veneto | 49.5 | 26.7 | 13.6 |
Province | DC | PSDI | FDP |
Verona | 62.4 | 10.1 | 22.3 |
Vicenza | 71.8 | 9.0 | 13.9 |
Padua | 65.4 | 7.6 | 21.9 |
Treviso | 64.9 | 12.6 | 15.2 |
Belluno | 61.1 | 15.9 | 15.7 |
Venice | 50.6 | 9.8 | 34.4 |
Rovigo | 38.4 | 9.6 | 48.2 |
Veneto | 60.5 | 10.1 | 23.9 |
Province | DC | PSDI | PSI | PCI |
Verona | 53.4 | 4.7 | 18.2 | 10.8 |
Vicenza | 62.2 | 4.4 | 9.2 | 9.4 |
Padua | 59.6 | 4.0 | 11.1 | 14.2 |
Treviso | 59.9 | 8.0 | 11.9 | 8.6 |
Belluno | 53.7 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 11.6 |
Venice | 43.2 | 6.0 | 21.6 | 19.7 |
Rovigo | 39.6 | 4.6 | 19.8 | 28.2 |
Veneto | 53.4 | 5.6 | 14.6 | 14.2 |
Province | DC | PSDI | PSI | PCI |
Verona | 52.7 | 7.4 | 11.7 | 14.0 |
Vicenza | 64.2 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 9.1 |
Padua | 56.3 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 16.3 |
Treviso | 56.0 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 11.3 |
Belluno | 46.9 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 13.0 |
Venice | 38.4 | 6.7 | 12.6 | 26.6 |
Rovigo | 41.0 | 6.9 | 10.5 | 31.8 |
Veneto | 51.8 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 16.8 |
Province | DC | LV | PSI | PCI |
Verona | 44.3 | 10.8 | 14.2 | 11.5 |
Vicenza | 49.1 | 11.4 | 10.1 | 8.6 |
Padua | 46.1 | 6.4 | 10.7 | 16.3 |
Treviso | 44.5 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 12.1 |
Belluno | 39.3 | 7.0 | 23.8 | 13.1 |
Venice | 31.7 | 4.9 | 15.9 | 24.2 |
Rovigo | 35.2 | 3.3 | 15.5 | 29.0 |
Veneto | 42.3 | 7.8 | 13.7 | 15.5 |
Province | DC | LV | Ven. | PSI | PDS |
Verona | 34.0 | 20.6 | 6.6 | 11.1 | 7.1 |
Vicenza | 34.3 | 19.5 | 12.3 | 7.9 | 5.6 |
Padua | 34.5 | 14.8 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 10.5 |
Treviso | 32.9 | 21.5 | 7.8 | 9.7 | 7.5 |
Belluno | 27.4 | 27.8 | - | 14.3 | 8.0 |
Venice | 23.8 | 13.4 | 6.6 | 13.0 | 16.2 |
Rovigo | 29.5 | 8.5 | 6.1 | 14.1 | 18.1 |
Veneto | 31.5 | 17.8 | 7.7 | 10.6 | 9.9 |
In a highly fragmented party system, FI came first with 23.6%, the LV second with 21.6% and the PPI (along with Patto Segni, a small centrist ally) third with 20.2%. Curiously enough FI was stronger in a centre-left province, Venice (26.7%), while the LV did better in Belluno (32.4%) and in formerly DC's heartlands, Treviso (28.5%) and Vicenza (28.1%). In Padua the PPI and Patto Segni got 23.7% together, slightly behind FI (24.1%). The PCI slightly improved its performance to 12.1%. Under the new voting system, the FI–LV coalition won 37 seats out of 50 for the Chamber (36 out of 37 in single-seat districts).
Province | AN | FI | LV | PPI | PDS |
Verona | 10.2 | 23.6 | 20.7 | 22.4 | 9.1 |
Vicenza | 6.4 | 21.6 | 28.1 | 23.6 | 7.2 |
Padua | 8.2 | 24.1 | 17.2 | 23.7 | 12.7 |
Treviso | 6.8 | 22.2 | 28.5 | 18.3 | 9.7 |
Belluno | 7.1 | 21.6 | 32.4 | 15.7 | 9.3 |
Venice | 6.8 | 26.7 | 15.4 | 14.4 | 19.2 |
Rovigo | 8.6 | 23.2 | 10.4 | 20.6 | 20.9 |
Veneto | 7.7 | 23.6 | 21.6 | 20.2 | 12.1 |
Province | AN | FI | LV | PPI | PDS |
Verona | 14.7 | 17.3 | 25.7 | 8.7 | 9.8 |
Vicenza | 10.0 | 14.1 | 36.1 | 9.0 | 7.3 |
Padua | 13.7 | 16.5 | 23.6 | 9.6 | 12.4 |
Treviso | 9.1 | 16.7 | 41.9 | 7.5 | 8.7 |
Belluno | 7.9 | 18.9 | 41.4 | 6.0 | 7.8 |
Venice | 10.9 | 19.8 | 22.2 | 6.2 | 18.3 |
Rovigo | 13.7 | 17.6 | 13.2 | 8.2 | 21.3 |
Veneto | 11.7 | 17.1 | 29.2 | 8.1 | 11.8 |
Province | AN | FI | CDU | LV | IpV | DS |
Verona | 11.6 | 31.4 | 8.7 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 9.6 |
Vicenza | 9.4 | 31.8 | 6.2 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 8.4 |
Padua | 10.2 | 30.9 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 14.0 | 13.8 |
Treviso | 8.7 | 27.9 | 6.2 | 19.5 | 15.0 | 8.7 |
Belluno | 7.9 | 31.7 | - | 11.6 | 21.2 | 10.3 |
Venice | 8.7 | 30.2 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 11.4 | 18.8 |
Rovigo | 12.4 | 27.8 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 9.3 | 21.1 |
Veneto | 9.8 | 30.4 | 6.8 | 12.0 | 13.6 | 12.3 |
Province | AN | FI | LV | PNE | UDC | Uli. |
Verona | 10.7 | 23.1 | 16.9 | 0.8 | 8.3 | 27.2 |
Vicenza | 8.7 | 23.7 | 17.9 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 26.8 |
Padua | 7.9 | 25.3 | 10.3 | 3.6 | 9.2 | 30.9 |
Treviso | 4.9 | 18.3 | 23.1 | 15.6 | 3.8 | 24.6 |
Belluno | 5.9 | 19.4 | 11.8 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 36.7 |
Venice | 7.0 | 24.0 | 8.4 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 30.7 |
Rovigo | 12.5 | 22.1 | 6.1 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 37.6 |
Veneto | 8.1 | 22.7 | 14.7 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 29.0 |
Province | PdL | LV | IdV | PD |
Verona | 27.6 | 36.1 | 5.1 | 16.9 |
Vicenza | 25.3 | 38.1 | 4.3 | 17.8 |
Padua | 25.7 | 31.4 | 5.8 | 20.4 |
Treviso | 15.6 | 48.5 | 5.5 | 18.2 |
Belluno | 26.6 | 32.8 | 4.4 | 23.5 |
Venice | 26.3 | 26.1 | 6.3 | 26.7 |
Rovigo | 32.9 | 22.7 | 5.0 | 25.4 |
Veneto | 24.7 | 35.2 | 5.3 | 20.3 |
Province | PdL | LV | M5S | SC | PD |
Verona | 19.9 | 13.7 | 24.5 | 10.1 | 18.4 |
Vicenza | 17.1 | 12.4 | 25.4 | 10.7 | 19.4 |
Padua | 20.2 | 8.1 | 26.7 | 9.7 | 21.4 |
Treviso | 17.9 | 13.3 | 26.3 | 10.6 | 19.8 |
Belluno | 15.4 | 10.6 | 25.1 | 13.3 | 24.5 |
Venice | 18.1 | 6.6 | 29.2 | 9.1 | 25.5 |
Rovigo | 20.9 | 6.0 | 26.3 | 8.5 | 26.7 |
Veneto | 18.7 | 10.5 | 26.3 | 10.1 | 21.3 |
Province | FI | LTV | LV | Ven. | M5S | PD |
Verona | 8.4 | 20.0 | 28.3 | 4.7 | 10.7 | 19.8 |
Vicenza | 5.5 | 3.8 | 45.4 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 18.1 |
Padua | 5.7 | 4.9 | 42.4 | 6.0 | 11.2 | 20.4 |
Treviso | 4.0 | 3.4 | 53.8 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 17.4 |
Belluno | 4.5 | 7.4 | 35.8 | 7.3 | 9.4 | 23.6 |
Venice | 5.8 | 3.6 | 37.9 | 6.0 | 12.8 | 24.3 |
Rovigo | 8.5 | 7.0 | 32.9 | 5.3 | 10.7 | 27.1 |
Veneto | 6.0 | 7.1 | 40.9 | 6.3 | 10.4 | 20.5 |
Province | FdI | FI | LV | Ven. | M5S | PD |
Verona | 15.6 | 4.2 | 55.5 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 11.4 |
Vicenza | 10.8 | 1.7 | 62.2 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 11.1 |
Padua | 7.9 | 6.0 | 59.8 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 11.7 |
Treviso | 6.7 | 1.8 | 68.6 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 10.8 |
Belluno | 8.1 | 3.2 | 64.1 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 12.9 |
Venice | 6.8 | 3.7 | 61.7 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 14.1 |
Rovigo | 11.2 | 4.3 | 58.6 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 13.7 |
Veneto | 9.6 | 3.6 | 61.5 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 11.9 |
The President of Veneto is elected directly by the people every five years. Also the Regional Council is elected every five years, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, the Council is dissolved and fresh elections are called. The Council is composed of 51 members, of which 49 are elected in provincial constituencies with proportional representation, while the remaining two are the elected President and the candidate for President who comes second.[3] [4] [5]
See main article: 2020 Venetian regional election. The latest regional election took place on 20–21 September 2020.
Luca Zaia of Liga Veneta–Lega (formerly Lega Nord) was re-elected President by a landslide 76.8% of the vote, while his main rival Arturo Lorenzoni stopped at 15.7%. Liga Veneta, which ran an official party list and a list named after Zaia, was confirmed the largest in the region with a combined 61.5% of the vote. The Democratic Party came second with 11.9% and the Brothers of Italy third with 9.6%. The total score of Venetist parties was 65.6%, the highest ever.
See main article: 2022 Italian general election in Veneto.
The centre-right coalition (56.3%), this time dominated by the Brothers of Italy, obtained a far larger victory than four years before over the centre-left coalition (23.0%), Action – Italia Viva (8.4%) and the Five Star Movement (5.8%). One third of deputies and senators were elected in single-seat constituencies and, as in 2018, the centre-right won all such constituencies. Among parties, the Brothers of Italy came largely first with 32.7% of the vote, followed by the Democratic Party (16.3%) and Lega (14.5%). The biggest turnaround happened within the centre-right, as Lega lost more than half of the votes obtained in 2018 (–17.7pp) and the Brothers of Italy jumped from 4.2% to virtually eight times that share (+28.5pp).
See main article: 2024 European Parliament election in Veneto.
The European Parliament election of 2024 took place in Veneto, as well as the rest of Italy, on 8–9 June 2024. In a huge reversal from the previous election in 2019, the Brothers of Italy came first with 37.6% of the vote, followed by the Democratic Party (18.9%) and the League (13.2%), represented by the Venetian League in the region.
See main article: Provincial elections in Veneto.
See main article: Municipal elections in Veneto.