2020 Venetian regional election
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Politics of Veneto |
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The 2020 Venetian regional election took place in Veneto on 20 and 21 September 2020.
Originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020, it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy[1][2] and was part of a round of multiple regional elections in Italy (7 regions out of 20). Venetian voters elected their President and their Regional Council, composed of 51 members including the President.
Luca Zaia, the second-term incumbent president and leading member of the League, was re-elected by a record 76.8% of the vote, the highest tally for a regional President in Italy. The runner-up, Arturo Lorenzoni, backed mainly by the Democratic Party, won 15.7% of the vote.
Regarding parties results, the League ran in this election presenting two lists: the official League list and a list named after Zaia. Combined, the two lists won 61.5% of the vote. The Democratic Party came second with 11.9% and Brothers of Italy came third with 9.6%.
Electoral system
The Regional Council of Veneto is composed of 50 seats. The president elect is the candidate winning a plurality of votes. The 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.[3]
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.[3]
Parties and candidates
| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| Centre-right coalition | Zaia for President (ZP) | 23.1 | 13 | Luca Zaia | ||
| League – Venetian League (Lega–LV) | 17.8 | 10 | ||||
| Forza Italia (FI) (incl. UDC and LTV) | 6.0 | 3 | ||||
| Venetian Autonomy List (LVA) | 2.7 | 1 | ||||
| Brothers of Italy (FdI) | 2.6 | 1 | ||||
| Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party (PD) | 16.7 | 8 | Arturo Lorenzoni | ||
| Veneto We Want (incl. Art.1, SI and Pos) | — | — | ||||
| More Veneto in Europe – Volt | — | — | ||||
| Green Europe (EV) (incl. DemoS) | — | — | ||||
| Venetian Left (SV) | — | — | ||||
| Five Star Movement (M5S) | 10.4 | 5 | Enrico Cappelletti | |||
| Party of Venetians (PdV) | 2.5 | – | Antonio Guadagnini | |||
| Solidarity Environment Work (incl. PRC and PCI) | 0.8 | – | Paolo Benvegnù | |||
| Daniela Sbrollini for President (IV – PSI – PRI – Civic List for Veneto) | — | — | Daniela Sbrollini | |||
| Veneto Ecology Solidarity (incl. IiC) | — | — | Patrizia Bartelle | |||
| Veneto for the Autonomies (VpA) | — | — | Simonetta Rubinato | |||
| 3V Movement (M3V) | — | — | Paolo Girotto | |||
Opinion polls
Candidates
| Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | Zaia | Lorenzoni | Cappelletti | Sbrollini | Others | Undecided | Lead |
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| 21 Sep 2020 | Opinio (exit poll) | – | 72.0–76.0 | 16.0–20.0 | 3.0–5.0 | 0.0–2.0 | – | – | 56.0 |
| 21 Sep 2020 | Tecnè (intention poll) | – | 71.5–75.5 | 16.0–20.0 | 2.0–6.0 | — | – | – | 55.5 |
| 1–3 Sep 2020 | Ipsos | 850 | 74.0 | 16.3 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 8.8 | 57.7 |
| 27 Aug–1 Sep 2020 | Demos | 610 | 76.0 | 14.0 | — | — | 10.0 | 30.0 | 62.0 |
| 24 Aug–2 Sep 2020 | Noto | — | 71–75 | 18–22 | 2–6 | — | 1–5 | — | 49–57 |
| 24 Aug 2020 | Tecnè | 2,000 | 70–74 | 16–20 | 3–7 | 2–4 | 2–4 | — | 50–58 |
| 19–20 Aug 2020 | Winpoll | 1,008 | 76.8 | 15.5 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 18.0 | 61.3 |
| 30–31 Jul 2020 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 70.0 | 18.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 17.7 | 52.0 |
| 24–25 Jun 2020 | Noto | 1,000 | 70.0 | 18.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | — | 52.0 |
Parties
| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Centre-right | Centre-left | M5S | IV | PdV | Others | Undecided | Lead | |||||||
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| Zaia | Lega | FI | FdI | PD | VCV | +Eu | EV | Other | |||||||||
| 1–3 Sep 2020 | Ipsos | 850 | 34.5 | 23.5 | 3.5 | 8.8 | 15.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 5.2 | 1.3 | — | 4.8 | 12.7 | 11.0 |
| 27 Aug–1 Sep 2020 | Demos | 610 | 44.0 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 13.0 | — | — | — | 4.0 | — | — | — | 12.0 | 35.0 | 30.0 |
| 19–20 Aug 2020 | Winpoll | 1,008 | 33.6 | 26.8 | 3.3 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 3.0 | 0.9 | — | 2.0 | 4.7 | 1.8 | — | 2.9 | — | 6.8 |
| 3–5 Aug 2020 | Fabbrica Politica | 500 | 36.8 | 31.4 | 2.8 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | — | 1.9 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 34.0 | 5.4 |
Results
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seat | ||
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| Luca Zaia | 1,883,959 | 76.79 | 1 | Zaia for President | 916,087 | 44.57 | 23 | ||
| League – Venetian League[4] | 347,832 | 16.92 | 9 | ||||||
| Brothers of Italy | 196,310 | 9.55 | 5 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 73,244 | 3.56 | 2 | ||||||
| Venetian Autonomy List | 48,932 | 2.38 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 1,582,405 | 77.00 | 40 | ||||||
| Arturo Lorenzoni | 385,768 | 15.72 | 1 | Democratic Party | 244,881 | 11.92 | 6 | ||
| Veneto We Want | 41,275 | 2.01 | 1 | ||||||
| Green Europe | 34,647 | 1.69 | 1 | ||||||
| More Veneto in Europe – Volt | 14,246 | 0.69 | – | ||||||
| Venetian Left | 2,405 | 0.12 | – | ||||||
| Total | 337,454 | 16.42 | 8 | ||||||
| Enrico Cappelletti | 79,662 | 3.25 | – | Five Star Movement | 55,281 | 2.69 | 1 | ||
| Paolo Girotto | 21,679 | 0.88 | – | 3V Movement | 14,916 | 0.73 | – | ||
| Antonio Guadagnini | 20,502 | 0.84 | – | Party of Venetians | 19,756 | 0.96 | – | ||
| Paolo Benvegnù | 18,529 | 0.76 | – | Solidarity Environment Work | 11,846 | 0.58 | – | ||
| Daniela Sbrollini | 15,198 | 0.62 | – | Italia Viva – PSI – PRI | 12,426 | 0.60 | – | ||
| Patrizia Bertelle | 14,518 | 0.59 | – | Veneto Ecology Solidarity | 9,061 | 0.44 | – | ||
| Simonetta Rubinato | 13,703 | 0.56 | – | Veneto for the Autonomies | 12,028 | 0.59 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 2,453,518 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 2,055,173 | 100.00 | 49 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Electoral Archive | |||||||||
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Results by province and capital city
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Turnout
| Region | Time | |||
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| 20 Sep | 21 Sep | |||
| 12:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 | 15:00 | |
| Veneto | 14.73% | 35.55% | 46.13% | 61.14% |
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| 20 Sep | 21 Sep | |||
| 12:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 | 15:00 | |
| Belluno | 11.45% | 26.94% | 34.91% | 47.84% |
| Padua | 15.78% | 38.38% | 49.50% | 65.43% |
| Rovigo | 14.79% | 34.73% | 44.66% | 59.87% |
| Treviso | 14.07% | 33.68% | 44.15% | 58.27% |
| Venice | 15.27% | 36.49% | 46.73% | 62.52% |
| Verona | 14.59% | 35.61% | 46.91% | 61.95% |
| Vicenza | 14.92% | 36.36% | 46.98% | 61.80% |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout[permanent dead link] | ||||
See also
References
- ^ "Il governo ha rinviato le elezioni regionali e comunali" (in Italian). Il Post. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Elezioni Regionali, il 31 Maggio si vota in Toscana, Veneto, Campania, Puglia, Liguria e Marche
- ^ a b "Elezioni regionali Veneto 2020, la guida: candidati, liste e regolamento". Money.it (in Italian). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Lists and Candidates by province" (PDF). consiglioveneto.it. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
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