The Regional Council of Veneto (''Consiglio Regionale del Veneto'') is the regional

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. The Council, which has its seat at Palazzo Ferro Fini, located along the Grand Canal in

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. was first elected in 1970, when ordinary regions were established, twenty-two years after the Italian Constitution envisioned them in 1948.

Composition

The Regional Council of Veneto (''Consiglio Regionale del Veneto'') is composed of 51 members. 49 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by

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using the

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with a

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and

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s, while the remaining two are the elected

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and the candidate for President who comes second. The winning coalition wins a bonus of seats in order to make sure the elected President has a majority in the Council. The Council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the ''simul stabunt, simul cadent'' (literally ''they will stand together or they will fall together'') clause introduced in the Italian Constitution in 1999 and later incorporate in the Statute of Veneto, also the Council is dissolved and an early election is called. The current President of the Council is Roberto Ciambetti of the Venetian League.

Current composition

The Regional Council of Veneto is currently composed of the following political groups:

Presidents

References

External links

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Composition

Current composition

Presidents

See also

References

External links