This article is about the composition of the Regional Council of Veneto

Regional Council of Veneto

The Regional Council of Veneto is the regional parliament of Veneto.It was first elected in 1970, when the ordinary Regions were instituted, on the basis of the Constitution of Italy of 1948.-Composition:...

, the legislative assembly of Veneto

Veneto

Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

, during the VIII Legislature, which is to say the term started in April 2005, following the 2005 regional election

Venetian regional election, 2005

The Venetian regional election of 2005 took place on 3-4 April 2005.Giancarlo Galan was re-elected for the third time in a row 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 and the...

, and concluded in April 2010. Of the 60 members 47 were elected in provincial constituencies with proportional representation

Proportional representation

Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...

 with a further 12 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.

Marino Finozzi

Marino Finozzi

Marino Finozzi is a Venetist politician.He joined Liga Veneta in 1986, well before the party was integrated into Lega Nord. Hewas first elected in the Regional Council of Veneto in the 2000 regional election...

 (Liga Veneta

Liga Veneta

Liga Veneta is a regionalist political party based in Veneto, combining Venetism and fiscal federalism. Liga Veneta is by far the largest party in Veneto and the party of Luca Zaia, President of Veneto since March 2010.It was the first party of its kind in Northern Italy, predating Umberto...

) was President of the Council for the whole term, while Giancarlo Galan

Giancarlo Galan

Giancarlo Galan is an Italian politician.After having been a Liberal activist in the Seventies and the Eighties, he was not active in politics until he joined Forza Italia since its foundation in 1994. In the same year he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies.In 1995 he ran successfully...

 (Forza Italia

Forza Italia

Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....

) served as President of the Region at the head of its third government

Galan III Government

The Galan III Government was the government of Veneto from 19 May 2005 to 19 April 2010....

.

Composition

Thirteen parties were represented in the Council at the beginning of the term. They became fourteen when Massimo Carraro

Massimo Carraro

Massimo Carraro is an Italian university professor, entrepreneur and politician from Veneto.From 1999 to 2004 he was a member of the European Parliament for the social-democratic Democrats of the Left, despite not being a member of the party...

, the defeated candidate for President of the centre-left, resigned and was replaced by a regional deputy elected from the list of Italy of Values

Italy of Values

Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give...

, thanks to an obscure clause of the electoral law.

The single largest party in the Council was Forza Italia

Forza Italia

Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....

, followed by Liga Veneta

Liga Veneta

Liga Veneta is a regionalist political party based in Veneto, combining Venetism and fiscal federalism. Liga Veneta is by far the largest party in Veneto and the party of Luca Zaia, President of Veneto since March 2010.It was the first party of its kind in Northern Italy, predating Umberto...

 until February 2007, when the members of Democracy is Freedom – Daisy (7 regional deputies) and the Democrats of the Left

Democrats of the Left

The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...

 (5 regional deputies) formed a joint-group, the "Olive Tree – Venetian Democratic Party", named after the future Italian Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Italy)

The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....

, which was founded later in October. It was the first time in Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 that the name of the future party was used in an institutional contest.

Strength of political groups

Distribution of Seats in the Regional Council
Political Group	Leader	2005	2010
Forza Italia Forza Italia Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....	Remo Sernagiotto Remo Sernagiotto Remo Sernagiotto is an Italian politician from Veneto.A long-time Christian Democrat, he was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 for Forza Italia. In 2005 he and became floor leader of his party, often being a vocal critic of President Giancarlo Galan...	16	16
The Olive Tree – Venetian Democratic Party	Giovanni Gallo Giovanni Gallo Giovanni Gallo is an Italian politician from Veneto.A long-time member of the Italian Communist Party, the Democratic Party of the Left and the Democrats of the Left, Gallo was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 and 2005...	-	12
Liga Veneta Liga Veneta Liga Veneta is a regionalist political party based in Veneto, combining Venetism and fiscal federalism. Liga Veneta is by far the largest party in Veneto and the party of Luca Zaia, President of Veneto since March 2010.It was the first party of its kind in Northern Italy, predating Umberto... –Lega Nord	Franco Manzato Franco Manzato Franco Manzato is a Venetist politician. He is a member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord.After a degree in philosophy, Manzato begun to work as consultant for small and medium-size enterprises and joined Liga Veneta in 1984, seven years before the foundation of Lega Nord. In the 2000 regional election he... / Roberto Ciambetti Roberto Ciambetti Roberto Ciambetti is an Italian Venetist politician.A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, he was secretary of the party from 2003 to 2007 for the Province of Vicenza. Having elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2005, he became floor leader of the party in 2008...	11	10
National Alliance National Alliance (Italy) National Alliance was a conservative political party in Italy.Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by...	Piergiorgio Cortelazzo Piergiorgio Cortelazzo Piergiorgio Cortelazzo is an Italian politician from Veneto.He was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 for National Alliance and was then re-elected in 2005 and 2010...	6	6
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats	Onorio De Boni	5	4
Italy of Values Italy of Values Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give...	Damiano Rossato	-	2
North-East Project North-East Project North-East Project is a Venetist, fiscal federalist and libertarian Italian political party based in Veneto, demanding larger autonomy, if not complete independence for the region.-History:...	Mariangelo Foggiato Mariangelo Foggiato Mariangelo Foggiato is a Venetist politician.Having joined Liga Veneta-Lega Nord, he was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 1995. He however left that party in 1998, when he founded Liga Veneta Repubblica along with Fabrizio Comencini...	2	1
For Veneto with Carraro	Marco Zabotti	2	1
Communist Refoundation Party Communist Refoundation Party The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero....	Pietrangelo Pettenò Pietrangelo Pettenò Pietrangelo Pettenò is an Italian politician from Veneto.A member of the Italian Communist Party since the 1980s, in 1991 he joined the Communist Refoundation Party. For that party he was three times elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000, 2005 and 2010.-References:...	1	1
Federation of the Greens Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens is a green political party in Italy, which includes also a large eco-socialist faction. Since 2009 the party leader is Angelo Bonelli.-Early years:...	Gianfranco Bettin Gianfranco Bettin Gianfranco Bettin is an Italian sociologist and long-time leader of the Greens in Veneto.During his career, he has been deputy mayor of Venice for Mestre and member of the Regional Council of Veneto...	1	1
New Italian Socialist Party	Nereo Laroni Nereo Laroni Nereo Laroni is an Italian politician.A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party and close ally of Bettino Craxi and Gianni De Michelis, he was Mayor of Venice from 1985 to 1987 and member of the European Parliament from 1987 to 1994. In 2000 he returned to active politics by joining the...	1	1
Party of Italian Communists Party of Italian Communists The Party of Italian Communists is a communist political party in Italy. Its long-time leader is Oliviero Diliberto.-Foundation and early years:...	Nicola Atalmi Nicola Atalmi Nicola Atalmi is an Italian politician and long-time leader of the Party of Italian Communists in Veneto.When he was 18, Atalmi joined Proletarian Democracy and, later, the Communist Refoundation Party of which he was a member until 1998, when he switched to the newly formed Party of Italian...	1	1
Veneto for the European People's Party Veneto for the European People's Party Veneto for the European People's Party is a regional christian-democratic party based in Veneto.-History:...	Raffaele Grazia Raffaele Grazia Raffaele Grazia is an Italian politician from Veneto.A member of Christian Democracy, in 1994 he joined the United Christian Democrats. Elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 for Forza Italia , he was regional minister of Labour in Galan II Government...	-	1
Venetian Agreement Venetian Agreement Venetian Agreement is a centrist social-democratic Italian political party active in Veneto.It emerged in 2006 as a regional split from the Italian Democratic Socialists and it is led by Carlo Covi, regional deputy, and Monica Balbinot, minister of Culture of Padova...	Carlo Covi Carlo Covi Carlo Covi is an Italian Venetist politician.He entered politics in 1995 when he was elected to the Municipal Council of Padua as an independent Democrat of the Left. In 1999 he joined the Italian Democratic Socialists , was re-elected to the Municipal Council and became the local leader of the...	-	1
Venetian People's Movement Venetian People's Movement The Venetian People's Movement is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy, based in Veneto. Its leader is Francesco Piccolo....	Francesco Piccolo Francesco Piccolo (disambiguation) Francesco Piccolo may refer to* Francesco Piccolo , Italian writer and screen writer* Francesco Piccolo , leader of the Venetian People's Movement* Francisco María Piccolo , Sicilia Jesuit active in as a missionary in Mexico...	-	1
Forum of the Venetians Forum of the Venetians The Forum of the Venetians is a Venetist political party.It was founded in November 2008 by Diego Cancian, member of the Regional Council of Veneto for North-East Project...	Diego Cancian	-	1
Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy	Achille Variati Achille Variati Achille Variati is an Italian politician who is currently Mayor of Vicenza.A long-time member of Christian Democracy, he was elected to the municipal council of Vicenza in 1980 and then re-elected in 1985 and 1990, when he became city Mayor...	7	-
Democrats of the Left Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...	Giovanni Gallo Giovanni Gallo Giovanni Gallo is an Italian politician from Veneto.A long-time member of the Italian Communist Party, the Democratic Party of the Left and the Democrats of the Left, Gallo was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 and 2005...	5	-
Italian Democratic Socialists Italian Democratic Socialists The Italian Democratic Socialists were a small social-democratic political party in Italy. Led by Enrico Boselli, the party was the direct continuation of the Italian Socialists, the legal successor of the historical Italian Socialist Party...	Carlo Covi Carlo Covi Carlo Covi is an Italian Venetist politician.He entered politics in 1995 when he was elected to the Municipal Council of Padua as an independent Democrat of the Left. In 1999 he joined the Italian Democratic Socialists , was re-elected to the Municipal Council and became the local leader of the...	1	-
United for Carraro	Massimo Carraro Massimo Carraro Massimo Carraro is an Italian university professor, entrepreneur and politician from Veneto.From 1999 to 2004 he was a member of the European Parliament for the social-democratic Democrats of the Left, despite not being a member of the party...	1	-

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

Forza Italia

• Raffaele Bazzoni
  Raffaele Bazzoni
  Raffaele Bazzoni is an Italian politician from Veneto.A long-time Christian Democrat, he was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto for Forza Italia in 1995, 2000 and 2005. Between 1995 and 2000 he was regional minister of Transports in Galan I Government.-References:...
  
  
• Regina Bertipaglia
• Dario Bond
  Dario Bond
  Dario Bond is an Italian politician from Veneto.He was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2005 for Forza Italia. Re-elected in 2010, he has since been floor leader of The People of Freedom.-References:...
  
  
• Renato Chisso
  Renato Chisso
  Renato Chisso is an Italian politician from Veneto.A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party, he joined Forza Italia in 1994. Elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 1995 and re-elected in 2000, 2005 and 2010, he was regional minister of Environment and Transports in Galan II...
  
  
• Giancarlo Conta
  Giancarlo Conta
  Giancarlo Conta is an Italian politician.He joined Forza Italia in 1993. Elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000, he was regional minister of Agriculture in Galan II Government between 2000 and 2005. From 2005 to 2010 he was minister of Environment in Galan III Government...
  
  
• Barbara Degani
  Barbara Degani
  Barbara Degani is an Italian politician from Veneto.Despite being born in Piedmont, Degani grew up in Padua, Veneto and got a law degree from the University of Padua. She entered politics in 1994 by joining Forza Italia. In 1996 she became head of the regional secretariat of the party under...
  
   (resigned 30 June 2009)
• Giuliana Fontanella
• Elisabetta Gardini
  Elisabetta Gardini
  Elisabetta Gardini is an Italian actress and politician from Veneto.A popular actress and RAI host close to Christian Democracy, Gardini was an unsuccessful candidate for Patto Segni in the 1994 general election...
  
   (resigned 13 July 2006)
• Giancarlo Galan
  Giancarlo Galan
  Giancarlo Galan is an Italian politician.After having been a Liberal activist in the Seventies and the Eighties, he was not active in politics until he joined Forza Italia since its foundation in 1994. In the same year he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies.In 1995 he ran successfully...
  
  
• Fabio Gava
  Fabio Gava
  Fabio Gava is an Italian politician.A member of the Italian Liberal Party since 1967, he joined Forza Italia in 1993 following his long-time friend Giancarlo Galan. Elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 1995, he was floor leader of Forza Italia and regional minister of Budget in Galan I...
  
   (resigned 24 June 2008)
• Amedeo Gerolimetto (installed 26 June 2008)
• Raffaele Grazia
  Raffaele Grazia
  Raffaele Grazia is an Italian politician from Veneto.A member of Christian Democracy, in 1994 he joined the United Christian Democrats. Elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 for Forza Italia , he was regional minister of Labour in Galan II Government...
  
   (switched to "Veneto for EPP")
• Renzo Marangon
  Renzo Marangon
  Renzo Marangon is an Italian politician from Veneto.A member of Christian Democracy since 1974, he entered the Regional Council of Veneto in 1993, in replacement of Giulio Veronese. In 1993 he was also briefly Mayor of Rovigo. In 1994 he joined the United Christian Democrats and was elected to the...
  
  
• Renato Martin
  Renato Martin
  Renato Martin is an Italian politician.A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord and close friend of Jörg Haider, Martin was elected Mayor of Jesolo in 1993 and re-elected in 1997. In 1998, when Liga Veneta split between Venetists and Padanists, Martin sided with the seconf group...
  
   (installed 15 July 2009)
• Vittoriano Mazzon (installed 15 July 2009)
• Leonardo Padrin
  Leonardo Padrin
  Leonardo Padrin is an Italian politician from Veneto.A long-time Christian Democrat and member of Communion and Liberation, in 1995 he joined the United Christian Democrats in, later, in 1998, Forza Italia. Elected for the first time to Regional Council of Veneto in 2000, he has been deputy-leader...
  
   (installed 17 March 2006)
• Clodovaldo Ruffato
  Clodovaldo Ruffato
  Clodovaldo Ruffato is an Italian politician from Veneto.A long-time Christian Democrat and close ally of Vittorio Casarin, he was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2005 for Forza Italia. Re-elected in 2010 for The People of Freedom, he was elected President of the Regional Council...
  
  
• Remo Sernagiotto
  Remo Sernagiotto
  Remo Sernagiotto is an Italian politician from Veneto.A long-time Christian Democrat, he was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 for Forza Italia. In 2005 he and became floor leader of his party, often being a vocal critic of President Giancarlo Galan...
  
  
• Carlo Alberto Tesserin
  Carlo Alberto Tesserin
  Carlo Alberto Tesserin is an Italian politician from Veneto.A long-time member of Christian Democracy, Tesserin was Vice President of the Region in 1993–1994. Following the dissolution of Christian Democracy, he joined the Italian People's Party, however, in early 2000, he switched his party...
  
  
• Tiziano Zigiotto

Liga Veneta–Lega Nord

• Andrea Astolfi (resigned 27 July 2006)
• Luca Baggio (installed 23 July 2009)
• Mara Bizzotto
  Mara Bizzotto
  Mara Bizzotto is an Italian Venetist politician.A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord since 1993, Bizzotto is the most prominent leader of the party in the area around Bassano. She was a member of the Regional Council of Veneto from 2000 to 2005 and then, again, from 2006 to 2009, when she was elected...
  
   (installed 13 July 2006, resigned 3 August 2009)
• Gianpaolo Bottacin
  Gianpaolo Bottacin
  Gianpaolo Bottacin is an Italian Venetist politician.Bottacin was born in Feltre. A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord since 1993, he was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2005. Between 2008 and 2009 he was floor leader of the party. In 2009 he was elected President of the Province of...
  
   (resigned 10 July 2009)
• Federico Caner
  Federico Caner
  Federico Caner is an Italian Venetist politician.A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord since 1993, he was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 and then re-elected in 2005 and 2010 . Since 2010 he has been floor leader of the party in the Council.-References:...
  
  
• Vittorino Cenci (installed 28 June 2007)
• Roberto Ciambetti
  Roberto Ciambetti
  Roberto Ciambetti is an Italian Venetist politician.A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, he was secretary of the party from 2003 to 2007 for the Province of Vicenza. Having elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2005, he became floor leader of the party in 2008...
  
  
• Maurizio Conte
  Maurizio Conte
  Maurizio Conte is an Italian Venetist politician.A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, he was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000. From 2001 to 2010 Conte was also secretary of the party for the Province of Padua...
  
  
• Gianantonio Da Re (resigned 20 July 2009)
• Marino Finozzi
  Marino Finozzi
  Marino Finozzi is a Venetist politician.He joined Liga Veneta in 1986, well before the party was integrated into Lega Nord. Hewas first elected in the Regional Council of Veneto in the 2000 regional election...
  
  
• Franco Manzato
  Franco Manzato
  Franco Manzato is a Venetist politician. He is a member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord.After a degree in philosophy, Manzato begun to work as consultant for small and medium-size enterprises and joined Liga Veneta in 1984, seven years before the foundation of Lega Nord. In the 2000 regional election he...
  
  
• Claudio Meggiolaro (installed 2 September 2009)
• Sandro Sandri
  Sandro Sandri
  Sandro Sandri is a Venetist politician. He is a member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord.ESte gajo é o maior.After a degree in engineering, Sandri worked as consultant specialized in trademarks and patents. In 1997 he joined Liga Veneta...
  
   (resigned 7 August 2006)
• Daniele Stival
  Daniele Stival
  Daniele Stival is an Italian Venetist politician.A member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, he was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000. Since 2001 Stival has been also secretary of the party for eastern Veneto...
  
  
• Flavio Tosi
  Flavio Tosi
  Flavio Tosi is an Italian Venetist politician. He is member of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord.-Career:Having joined Liga Veneta in 1991, he was elected to the Municipal Council of Verona in 1994 at the age of 25. From 1997 to 2003 he was also provincial secretary of Liga Veneta for the Province of Verona...
  
   (resigned 25 June 2007)
• Emilio Zamboni (installed 14 September 2006)

Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy

(The group was merged into "The Olive Tree – Venetian Democratic Party")

• Giuseppe Berlato Sella
  Giuseppe Berlato Sella
  Giuseppe Berlato Sella is an Italian politician from Veneto.He was born in San Vito di Leguzzano.A long-time Christian Democrat, Berlato Sella was continuously municipal councillor of Schio from 1975 to 2004 and Mayor from 1987 to 2004. In 1994, after the dissolution of Christian Democracy, he...
  
  
• Diego Bottacin
  Diego Bottacin
  Diego Bottacin is an Italian politician from Veneto.In the 1980s Bottacin started his political career in the early green movements and in 1992 he was elected Mayor of Mogliano Veneto, an office he held until 2005. From 2002 to 2007 he was regional coordinator of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy...
  
  
• Gustavo Franchetto
  Gustavo Franchetto
  Gustavo Franchetto is an Italian politician from Veneto.A long-time Christian Democrat, he was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 for Together for Veneto, a centrist alliance comprising the Italian People's Party, The Democrats and Italian Renewal...
  
   (switched to "Italy of Values")
• Franco Frigo
  Franco Frigo
  Franco Frigo is an Italian politician from Veneto.A long-time Christian Democrat, he was President of the Province of Padua from 1985 to 1990. He was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 1990 and in the midst of the Tangentopoli scandals he was briefly President of Veneto...
  
  
• Igino Michieletto
• Guido Trento
• Achille Variati
  Achille Variati
  Achille Variati is an Italian politician who is currently Mayor of Vicenza.A long-time member of Christian Democracy, he was elected to the municipal council of Vicenza in 1980 and then re-elected in 1985 and 1990, when he became city Mayor...
  
   (resigned 6 May 2008)

National Alliance

• Maria Luisa Coppola
  Maria Luisa Coppola
  Maria Luisa Coppola is an Italian politician.A member of National Alliance, she was appointed regional minister of Budget in September 2001, in replacement of Luca Bellotti, in Galan II Government and was confirmed in the same role in Galan III Government in 2005...
  
  
• Piergiorgio Cortelazzo
  Piergiorgio Cortelazzo
  Piergiorgio Cortelazzo is an Italian politician from Veneto.He was first elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 for National Alliance and was then re-elected in 2005 and 2010...
  
  
• Elena Donazzan
  Elena Donazzan
  Elena Donazzan is an Italian politician from Veneto.A member of National Alliance , she was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in the 2000 regional election. Re-elected in 2005, she served as regional minister of Education in Galan III Government...
  
  
• Massimo Giorgetti
  Massimo Giorgetti
  Massimo Giorgetti is an Italian politician.He joined the Italian Social Movement in 1975 and was provincial secretary of Verona of that party...
  
  
• Moreno Teso
• Raffaele Zanon
  Raffaele Zanon
  Raffaele Zanon is an Italian politician.He joined the Italian Social Movement in the 1970s and later National Alliance...
  
  

Union of Christian and Centre Democrats

• Iles Braghetto
  Iles Braghetto
  Illes Braghetto is an Italian politician.He started teaching religion in upper secondary schools in 1976 and graduated in modern literature in 1984. Since his young years he was a member of Christian Democracy. Between 1980 and 1985 he was town councillor and deputy mayor of Padua...
  
   (installed 14 September 2006, resigned 10 October 2006)
• Onorio De Boni
• Antonio De Poli
  Antonio De Poli
  Antonio De Poli is an Italian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for North-East with the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, part of the European People's Party...
  
   (resigned 20 July 2006)
• Flavio Frasson (installed 25 October 2006)
• Francesco Piccolo
  Francesco Piccolo (disambiguation)
  Francesco Piccolo may refer to* Francesco Piccolo , Italian writer and screen writer* Francesco Piccolo , leader of the Venetian People's Movement* Francisco María Piccolo , Sicilia Jesuit active in as a missionary in Mexico...
  
   (switched to the "Venetian People's Movement")
• Flavio Silvestrin
• Stefano Valdegamberi
  Stefano Valdegamberi
  Stefano Valdegamberi is an Italian politician from Veneto.A member of Christian Democracy since the late 1980s, after the disbandment of that party, Valdegamberi joined the Christian Democratic Centre in 1994...
  
  

Democrats of the Left

(The group was merged into "The Olive Tree – Venetian Democratic Party")

• Carlo Alberto Azzi
• Franco Bonfante
• Giovanni Gallo
  Giovanni Gallo
  Giovanni Gallo is an Italian politician from Veneto.A long-time member of the Italian Communist Party, the Democratic Party of the Left and the Democrats of the Left, Gallo was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 2000 and 2005...
  
  
• Giampietro Marchese
• Claudio Rizzato (installed 4 June 2008)
• Luciano Tiozzo

North-East Project

• Diego Cancian (switched to the "Forum of the Venetians")
• Mariangelo Foggiato
  Mariangelo Foggiato
  Mariangelo Foggiato is a Venetist politician.Having joined Liga Veneta-Lega Nord, he was elected to the Regional Council of Veneto in 1995. He however left that party in 1998, when he founded Liga Veneta Repubblica along with Fabrizio Comencini...
  
  

For Veneto with Carraro

• Andrea Causin
  Andrea Causin
  Andrea Causin is an Italian politician from Veneto.A long-time member of the Christian Associations of Italian Workers , he was first elected as municipal councillor in Martellago in 1994 for the Italian People's Party. Having briefly left politics, he was national secretary of ACLI's youth...
  
   (switched to "Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy")
• Marco Zabotti

Italian Democratic Socialists

• Carlo Covi
  Carlo Covi
  Carlo Covi is an Italian Venetist politician.He entered politics in 1995 when he was elected to the Municipal Council of Padua as an independent Democrat of the Left. In 1999 he joined the Italian Democratic Socialists , was re-elected to the Municipal Council and became the local leader of the...
  
   (switched to "Venetian Agreement")

Election

The regional election that produced the VIII Legislature took place on 3-4 April 2005. Giancarlo Galan

Giancarlo Galan

Giancarlo Galan is an Italian politician.After having been a Liberal activist in the Seventies and the Eighties, he was not active in politics until he joined Forza Italia since its foundation in 1994. In the same year he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies.In 1995 he ran successfully...

 (Forza Italia

Forza Italia

Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....

, House of Freedoms

House of Freedoms

The House of Freedoms , was a major Italian centre-right political and electoral alliance led by Silvio Berlusconi. It was initially composed of several political parties:*Forza Italia *National Alliance...

) 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

Giorgio Panto

Giorgio Panto was an Italian Venetist entrepreneur and politician.Panto was born at Meolo, in the Province of Venice...

, who picked votes both from the centre-right camp and from the Ventist

Venetism

Venetian nationalism is an ideology and a regionalist movement demanding more autonomy, or even independence from Italy, for Veneto, and promoting the re-discovery the Republic of Venice's heritage, traditions, culture and language...

 one, and of a fourth candidate of the far-right.

Forza Italia

Forza Italia

Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....

 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

Olive Tree

The Olive Tree was a denomination used for several successive centre-left Italian political coalitions from 1995 to 2007.The historical leader and ideologue of these coalitions was Romano Prodi, Professor of Economics and former leftist Christian Democrat, who invented the name and the symbol of...

 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

Venetism

Venetian nationalism is an ideology and a regionalist movement demanding more autonomy, or even independence from Italy, for Veneto, and promoting the re-discovery the Republic of Venice's heritage, traditions, culture and language...

 parties had a very good result: the combined score of Liga Veneta

Liga Veneta

Liga Veneta is a regionalist political party based in Veneto, combining Venetism and fiscal federalism. Liga Veneta is by far the largest party in Veneto and the party of Luca Zaia, President of Veneto since March 2010.It was the first party of its kind in Northern Italy, predating Umberto...

 (14.7%), North-East Project

North-East Project

North-East Project is a Venetist, fiscal federalist and libertarian Italian political party based in Veneto, demanding larger autonomy, if not complete independence for the region.-History:...

 (5.4%) and Liga Fronte Veneto

Liga Fronte Veneto

Liga Veneta Repubblica is a Venetist political party. The party maintains a mildly independentist position and campaingns the self-government of 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

Fronte Marco Polo

Fronte Marco Polo was a Venetist political party active in Veneto, named after Marco Polo.Fabio Padovan, leader of the European Federalist Free Entrepreneurs and former deputy of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, and Giorgio Vido, another former deputy of LV–LN, formed FMP in 1999 in view of the 2000...

1.2%.