2025 Venetian regional election
23–24 November 2025
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All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Veneto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 4,294,608 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 44.65% (16.51%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the election result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Venetian regional election was held in Veneto, Italy from 23 to 24 November 2025.
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.
| Provinces | Seats |
|---|---|
| Belluno | 2 |
| Padua | 9 |
| Rovigo | 2 |
| Treviso | 9 |
| Venice | 9 |
| Verona | 9 |
| Vicenza | 9 |
| President | 1 |
| Runner-up | 1 |
| Total | 51 |
Parties and candidates
Main presidential candidates
| Candidate | Experience | Alliance | |
|---|---|---|---|
Alberto Stefani |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2018–present) Mayor of Borgoricco (2019–2024) Regional Commissioner/Secretary of Liga Veneta (2020–present) Federal Deputy Secretary of Lega (2024–present) |
Centre-right coalition | |
Giovanni Manildo[2] |
Mayor of Treviso (2013–2018) | Centre-left coalition | |
Parties and coalitions
| Coalition | Party | Candidate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre-right coalition | League–Venetian League | 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 (incl. Italia Viva, +E, PSI and part of Az) | ||||
| Peace Health Work (incl. PRC) | ||||
| The Venetian Civics | ||||
| Volt Italy | ||||
| Resist Veneto (incl. Vita, part of IV and other groups)[3] | Riccardo Szumski | |||
| Sovereign Popular Democracy | Marco Rizzo | |||
| Populars for Veneto | Fabio Bui | |||
Campaign
Debate
| 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] |
Opinion polls
Presidential candidates
| Publication date | Institute | Client | Sample | Margin of error | Stefani | Manildo | Szumski | Rizzo | Bui | Abstentions/Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDX | CSX–M5S | |||||||||
| 5 November 2025[5] | Demos–Demetra | Il Gazzettino | 500 | ±4 | 58–62 | 32–36 | 2–6 | 0–4 | 39–43 | |
| 5 November 2025 | Noto | Porta a Porta | – | – | 61.0 | 35.0 | 4 | – | ||
| 6 November 2025[6] | Ipsos | Corriere della Sera | 800 | ±3.5 | 62.8 | 26.9 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 19 |
Electoral lists
| Publication date | Institute | Client | Sample | Margin of error | Lega | FdI | FI | LVR | NM | UDC | PD | M5S | AVS | UpM | CV | Volt | PRC | RV | DSP | PpV | Lead |
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| 5 November 2025[5] | Demos–Demetra | Il Gazzettino | 500 | ±4 | 22–26 | 21–25 | 8–12 | 1–5 | 16–20 | 0–4 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–12 | 2–10 | 1 | ||||||
| 6 November 2025[7] | Ipsos | Corriere della Sera | 800 | ±3.5 | 23.6 | 23.2 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 14.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 |
Outcome
Result
| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Stefani | 1,211,356 | 64.39 | 1 | League – Liga Veneta | 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 | 35,669 | 2.13 | 1 | |||||||
| The Venetian Civics | 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 | ||||||||||
Turnout
| Voter turnout[8] | |||||||
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| 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% | 12.55% | |
| Padua | 10.88% | 32.25% | 37.67% | 49.04% | 65.43% | 16.39% | |
| Rovigo | 9.39% | 26.36% | 30.58% | 41.19% | 59.88% | 18.69% | |
| Treviso | 9.83% | 29.05% | 33.31% | 43.78% | 58.27% | 14.49% | |
| Venice | 10.25% | 28.92% | 33.24% | 44.00% | 62.52% | 21.52% | |
| Verona | 10.00% | 29.00% | 33.74% | 44.75% | 61.95% | 17.20% | |
| Vicenza | 10.39% | 29.85% | 34.40% | 45.10% | 61.80% | 16.70% | |
| Total | 10.10% | 29.30% | 33.87% | 44.64% | 61.16% | 16.52% | |
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
| Party / List | Councilor elected | Preference votes | Constituency | |
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See also
References
- ^ a b "Elezioni regionali Veneto 2020, la guida: candidati, liste e regolamento". Money.it (in Italian). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Chi è Giovanni Manildo, il candidato del centrosinistra alle elezioni del Veneto". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 13 July 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Resistere Veneto | Associazioni Partner".
- ^ Sky TG24 (17 November 2025). "Elezioni regionali Veneto, il confronto fra Manildo e Stefani". tg24.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 November 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Elections in Veneto" (PDF). Il Gazzettino. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "Veneto regional elections, Ipsos poll: region still for centre-right, Stefani ahead by 36 points. Tight race between Lega and FdI".
- ^ "Veneto regional elections, Ipsos poll: region still for centre-right, Stefani ahead by 36 points. Tight race between Lega and FdI".
- ^ "Elezioni Regionali 2025, affluenza alle urne". elezioni.interno.gov.it (in Italian).
- ^ a b This is compared to the total of Arturo Lorenzoni (Centre-left coalition) and Enrico Cappelletti (M5S) in 2020.