# Regional Council of Piedmont

The Regional Council of Piedmont (Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte) is the legislative assembly of Piedmont.
It was first elected in 1970, when the ordinary regions were instituted, on the basis of the Constitution of Italy of 1948.

## Composition

The Regional Council of Piedmont is composed of 51 members, of which 49 are elected in provincial constituencies with proportional representation, one is for the candidate for President who comes second, who usually becomes the leader of the opposition in the Council, and one is for the elected President.
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 vel simul cadent clause (introduced in 1999), also the Council will be dissolved and there will be a snap election.

### Political groups

The Regional Council of Piedmont is currently composed of the following political groups:
| Party | Seats | Status |
| Brothers of Italy (FdI) | 13 / 51 | Government |
| Democratic Party (PD) | 13 / 51 | Opposition |
| Forza Italia (FI) | 7 / 51 | Government |
| Lega | 6 / 51 | Government |
| Cirio for President (CP) | 5 / 51 | Government |
| Greens and Left Alliance (AVS) | 3 / 51 | Opposition |
| Five Star Movement (M5S) | 3 / 51 | Opposition |
| United States of Europe (SUE) | 1 / 51 | Opposition |
By coalition:
| Party | Seats | Status |
| Centre-right coalition | 31 / 51 | Government |
| Centre-left coalition | 17 / 51 | Opposition |
| Five Star Movement | 3 / 51 | Opposition |

### Historical composition

| Election | DC | PCI | PSI | PLI | PRI | PSDI | MSI | Others | Total |
| 7 June 1970 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 50 |
| 15 June 1975 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 60 |
| 8 June 1980 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 60 |
| 12 May 1985 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 60 |
| 6 May 1990 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 60 |
| Election | Majority | Opposition | Total | President of the Region |
| 23 April 1995 | Centre-right (FI-AN-CCD) 33 | Centre-left (PDS-PPI-FdV-PdD) 18 — 5 LN 4 PRC | 60 | Enzo Ghigo |
| 16 April 2000 | Centre-right (FI-LN-AN-CCD-CDU) 40 | Centre-left (DS-PPI-PRC-FdV-SDI) 18 – 2 Bonino List | 60 | Enzo Ghigo |
| 3 April 2005 | Center-left (DS-DL- PRC-PdCI-FdV-IdV) 38 | Center-right (FI-AN-LN-UDC) 25 | 63 | Mercedes Bresso |
| 28 March 2010 | Centre-right (PdL-LN-PP-VV) 36 | Centre-left (PD-IdV-UDC-FdS-FdV) 22 — 2 M5S | 60 | Roberto Cota |
| 25 May 2024 (snap election) | Center-left (PD-SEL) 32 | Center-right (LN-FI) 9 — 8 M5S 1 FdI | 50 | Sergio Chiamparino |
| 26 May 2019 | Centre-right (Lega-FI-FdI) 33 | Centre-left (PD-LeU) 13 — 5 M5S | 51 | Alberto Cirio |
| 9 June 2024 | Centre-right (FdI-Lega-FI) 31 | Centre-left (PD-AVS-SUE) 17 — 3 M5S | 51 | Alberto Cirio |

## Presidents

This is a list of the Presidents of the Regional Council (Italian: Presidenti del Consiglio regionale):
| Name | Period | Period | Regional Legislature |
| Paolo Battino Vittorelli (PSI) | 23 July 1970 | 9 March 1972 | I (1970) |
| Gianni Oberto Tarena (DC) | 9 March 1972 | 21 December 1973 | I (1970) |
| Aldo Viglione (PSI) | 21 December 1973 | 21 July 1975 | I (1970) |
| Dino Sanlorenzo (PCI) | 21 July 1975 | 14 July 1980 | II (1975) |
| Germano Benzi (PSI) | 14 July 1980 | 17 June 1985 | III (1980) |
| Aldo Viglione (PSI) | 17 June 1985 | 1 December 1988 | IV (1985) |
| Angelo Rossa (PSI) | 1 December 1988 | 11 June 1990 | IV (1985) |
| Carlo Spagnuolo (PSI) | 11 June 1990 | 19 June 1995 | V (1990) |
| Rolando Picchioni (CDU) | 19 June 1995 | 21 January 1998 | VI (1995) |
| Sergio Deorsola (CDU) | 21 January 1998 | 29 May 2000 | VI (1995) |
| Roberto Cota (LN) | 29 May 2000 | 17 January 2005 | VII (2000) |
| Oreste Rossi (LN) | 17 January 2005 | 16 May 2005 | VII (2000) |
| Davide Gariglio (PD) | 16 May 2005 | 9 April 2010 | VIII (2005) |
| Valerio Cattaneo (PdL) | 9 April 2010 | 30 June 2014 | IX (2010) |
| Mario Laus (PD) | 30 June 2014 | 10 April 2018 | X (2014) |
| Nino Boeti (PD) | 10 April 2018 | 2 July 2019 | X (2014) |
| Stefano Allasia (Lega) | 2 July 2019 | 22 July 2024 | XI (2019) |
| Davide Nicco (FdI) | 22 July 2024 | Incumbent | XII (2024) |