2025 Venetian regional election

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. 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. The president and the second place presidential candidate automatically becomes a member of the council. +Seat distribution of the Regional Council of VenetoProvincesSeatsBelluno2Padua9Rovigo2Treviso9Venice9Verona9Vicenza9President1Runner-up1Total51

Parties and candidates Main presidential candidates Candidate ExperienceAlliance 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 Mayor of Treviso (2013–2018)Centre-left coalition

Parties and coalitions Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)SeatsCentre-right coalitionLeague–Venetian League 23.1 13Alberto StefaniBrothers of Italy (incl. CI) 9.6 5Forza Italia 3.6 2Liga Veneta Repubblica (incl. part of IV) 2.4 1Union of the Centre (incl. PdF) Us Moderates Centre-left coalitionDemocratic Party 11.9 6Giovanni ManildoFive Star Movement 2.7 1Greens and Left Alliance 1.7 1United for Manildo for President (incl. part of Az, IV, +E, PSI) Peace Health Work (incl. PRC) 0.6 – The Venetian Civic Lists Volt Italy Resist Veneto (incl. Vita, part of IV and other groups) Riccardo SzumskiSovereign Popular Democracy Marco RizzoPopulars for Veneto Fabio Bui

Campaign

Debate DateLocationOrganizerLinkParticipantSource Present Absent invited Not invited Invited StefaniManildoRizzoSzumskiBui17 November 2025RomeSky TG24VideoPPNININI

Opinion polls Presidential candidates Publication dateInstituteClientSampleMargin of errorStefaniManildoSzumskiRizzoBuiAbstentions/UndecidedCDXCSX–M5S5 November 2025Demos–DemetraIl Gazzettino500±432–362–60–439–435 November 2025NotoPorta a Porta––35.04–6 November 2025IpsosCorriere della Sera800±3.526.95.62.71.919

Electoral lists Publication dateInstituteClientSampleMargin of errorLVFdIFIUdCLVRNMPDM5SAVSVoltPRCDSPLead5 November 2025Demos–DemetraIl Gazzettino500±421–258–121–516–200–44–84–84–122–1016 November 2025IpsosCorriere della Sera800±3.523.28.55.61.51.014.82.63.82.31.50.70.75.72.71.80.4

Outcome Result + CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%Seats Alberto Stefani1,211,356 64.391League–Venetian League 607,220 36.2819Brothers of Italy312,83918.699Forza Italia105,3756.303Liga Veneta Repubblica 30,7031.831Union of the Centre 28,1091.681Us Moderates18,7681.120 Total 1,103,014 65.90 33 Giovanni Manildo543,27828.881Democratic Party277,94516.609Greens and Left Alliance77,6214.642Five Star Movement36,8662.201United for Manildo for President 35,6692.131 The Venetian Civic Lists24,9261.491Peace Health Work 10,4300.620Volt5,3390.320 Total 468,796 28.01 14Riccardo Szumski96,4745.130 Resist Veneto 83,0544.962Marco Rizzo20,5741.090 Sovereign Popular Democracy12,9410.770Fabio Bui9,5900.510Populars for Veneto 6,071 0.360 Blank and invalid votes36,3051.89Total candidates1,881,272100.02Total parties1,673,876100.049 Registered voters/turnout1,917,57744.65Source: Veneto Region – Results

Turnout Voter turnout Constituency Sunday, November 23 Monday, November 24Previous Election12:00 PM19:00 PM23:00 PM15:00 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% Total10.10%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%.

+Manildo V Stefani V Szumski by provinces + Province Giovanni Manildo Alberto Stefani Riccardo Szumski Others Verona 86,91825.96% 232,30469.39% 9,9682.98% 5,5801.66% Vicenza 92,50926.99% 230,08167.12% 15,2654.45% 4,9561.44% Belluno 22,67730.17% 45,96161.14% 5,0116.67% 1,5272.03% Treviso 93,61326.20% 221,84262.09% 36,89810.33% 4,9411.38% Padua 115,88030.37% 244,64264.11% 14,3353.76% 6,7601.77% Venice 107,83635.14% 181,23459.05% 12,6314.12% 5,2131.70% Rovigo 23,84528.84% 55,29266.87% 2,3662.86% 1,1871.44%

+Manildo V Stefani V Szumski by major cities City Giovanni Manildo Alberto Stefani Riccardo Szumski Others Verona 34,53337.16% 54,05758.17% 2,5852.78% 1,7621.90% Venice 40,91547.70% 40,51647.24% 2,7373.19% 1,5991.87% Padua 39,20248.38% 38,37447.35% 1,8832.32% 1,5781.95% Vicenza 15,89139.46% 22,48755.84% 1,2133.01% 6831.70% Treviso 14,35142.25% 17,43251.33% 1,7105.03% 4701.39% Rovigo 6,44433.20% 12,21862.94% 4982.57% 2511.29% Chioggia 4,68029.03% 10,85467.32% 3492.16% 2391.49% Bassano del Grappa 5,89135.46% 9,76358.76% 7174.32% 2441.47% San Dona di Piave 4,78029.67% 10,36864.37% 7334.55% 2271.41% Schio 6,14541.42% 7,63851.48% 7835.28% 2701.82% Mira 5,81742.48% 7,16052.28% 4903.58% 2281.66% Belluno 5,64441.25% 7,03151.38% 7405.41% 2691.96% Conegliano 3,68528.02% 7,40256.28% 1,86514.18% 2001.52% Castelfranco Veneto 4,85534.90% 7,98157.36% 8586.17% 2191.58% Villafranca di Verona 3,29926.88% 8,53769.57% 2842.31% 1511.23% Montebelluna 3,32927.80% 7,62063.64% 8917.44% 1341.12% Mogliano Veneto 4,59440.58% 5,97352.76% 5254.64% 2302.03% Spinea 4,24141.68% 5,37552.83% 3903.83% 1681.65% Albignasego 3,74229.34 8,52066.79% 3102.43% 1841.44% Vittorio Veneto 3,47432.57% 5,56452.17% 1,46713.75% 1611.51%

Elected councilors

+ Party / List Councilor elected Preference votes Constituency

See also 2025 Italian local elections

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