# 2020 Venetian regional election

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 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.
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.

## Parties and candidates

| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Previous result | Previous result | Candidate |
| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Votes (%) | Seats | Candidate |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Zaia for President (ZP) | 23.1 | 13 | Luca Zaia |
| | Centre-right coalition | | League – Venetian League (Lega–LV) | 17.8 | 10 | Luca Zaia |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Forza Italia (FI) (incl. UDC and LTV) | 6.0 | 3 | Luca Zaia |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Venetian Autonomy List (LVA) | 2.7 | 1 | Luca Zaia |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Brothers of Italy (FdI) | 2.6 | 1 | Luca Zaia |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Democratic Party (PD) | 16.7 | 8 | Arturo Lorenzoni |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Veneto We Want (incl. Art.1, SI and Pos) | — | — | Arturo Lorenzoni |
| | Centre-left coalition | | More Veneto in Europe – Volt | — | — | Arturo Lorenzoni |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Green Europe (EV) (incl. DemoS) | — | — | Arturo Lorenzoni |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Venetian Left (SV) | — | — | Arturo Lorenzoni |
| | Five Star Movement (M5S) | Five Star Movement (M5S) | Five Star Movement (M5S) | 10.4 | 5 | Enrico Cappelletti |
| | Party of Venetians (PdV) | Party of Venetians (PdV) | Party of Venetians (PdV) | 2.5 | – | Antonio Guadagnini |
| | Solidarity Environment Work (incl. PRC and PCI) | Solidarity Environment Work (incl. PRC and PCI) | Solidarity Environment Work (incl. PRC and PCI) | 0.8 | – | Paolo Benvegnù |
| | Daniela Sbrollini for President (IV – PSI – PRI – Civic List for Veneto) | Daniela Sbrollini for President (IV – PSI – PRI – Civic List for Veneto) | Daniela Sbrollini for President (IV – PSI – PRI – Civic List for Veneto) | — | — | Daniela Sbrollini |
| | Veneto Ecology Solidarity (incl. IiC) | Veneto Ecology Solidarity (incl. IiC) | Veneto Ecology Solidarity (incl. IiC) | — | — | Patrizia Bartelle |
| | Veneto for the Autonomies (VpA) | Veneto for the Autonomies (VpA) | Veneto for the Autonomies (VpA) | — | — | Simonetta Rubinato |
| | 3V Movement (M3V) | 3V Movement (M3V) | 3V Movement (M3V) | — | — | Paolo Girotto |

## Opinion polls
### Candidates

| Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | Zaia | Lorenzoni | Cappelletti | Sbrollini | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| 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-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | M5S | IV | PdV | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Zaia | Lega | FI | FdI | PD | VCV | +Eu | EV | Other | M5S | IV | PdV | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| 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

20–21 September 2020 Venetian regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seat |
| | Luca Zaia | 1,883,959 | 76.79 | 1 | | Zaia for President | 916,087 | 44.57 | 23 |
| | Luca Zaia | 1,883,959 | 76.79 | 1 | | League – Venetian League | 347,832 | 16.92 | 9 |
| | Luca Zaia | 1,883,959 | 76.79 | 1 | | Brothers of Italy | 196,310 | 9.55 | 5 |
| | Luca Zaia | 1,883,959 | 76.79 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 73,244 | 3.56 | 2 |
| | Luca Zaia | 1,883,959 | 76.79 | 1 | | Venetian Autonomy List | 48,932 | 2.38 | 1 |
| | Luca Zaia | 1,883,959 | 76.79 | 1 | Total | Total | 1,582,405 | 77.00 | 40 |
| | Arturo Lorenzoni | 385,768 | 15.72 | 1 | | Democratic Party | 244,881 | 11.92 | 6 |
| | Arturo Lorenzoni | 385,768 | 15.72 | 1 | | Veneto We Want | 41,275 | 2.01 | 1 |
| | Arturo Lorenzoni | 385,768 | 15.72 | 1 | | Green Europe | 34,647 | 1.69 | 1 |
| | Arturo Lorenzoni | 385,768 | 15.72 | 1 | | More Veneto in Europe – Volt | 14,246 | 0.69 | – |
| | Arturo Lorenzoni | 385,768 | 15.72 | 1 | | Venetian Left | 2,405 | 0.12 | – |
| | Arturo Lorenzoni | 385,768 | 15.72 | 1 | Total | 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 | Total candidates | 2,453,518 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | Total parties | 2,055,173 | 100.00 | 49 |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Electoral Archive ||||||||||
Popular vote
Zaia
44.57%
Lega
16.92%
PD
11.92%
FdI
9.55%
FI
3.56%
M5S
2.69%
LVA
2.38%
VCV
2.01%
EV
1.69%
Others
4.71% :
President
Zaia
76.79%
Lorenzoni
15.72%
Cappelletti
3.25%
Others
4.24% :
Seats summary
Centre-right
82.35%
Centre-left
17.65% :

### Results by province and capital city

| Province | Luca Zaia | Arturo Lorenzoni | Others |
| Belluno | 75,710 77.39% | 15,456 15.80% | 9,663 6.81% |
| Padua | 364,551 74.82% | 88,046 18.07% | 34,617 7.11% |
| Rovigo | 88,691 76.38% | 19,045 16.40% | 8,377 7.22% |
| Treviso | 351,419 79.03% | 59,222 13.32% | 34,052 7.65% |
| Venice | 314,52474.28% | 71,692 16.93% | 37,207 8.79% |
| Verona | 345,38478.41% | 64,015 14.53% | 31,058 6.06% |
| Vicenza | 343,68077.44% | 68,292 15.39% | 31,817 7.17% |
| Total | 1,883,95976.79% | 385,768 15.72% | 183,791 7.49% |
| City | Luca Zaia | Arturo Lorenzoni | Others |
| Belluno | 11,880 69.99% | 3,809 22.44% | 1,284 7.57% |
| Padua | 60,421 60.43% | 32,301 32.31% | 7,260 7.24% |
| Rovigo | 17,499 70.46% | 5,348 21.53% | 1,990 8.01% |
| Treviso | 27,799 68.97% | 9,147 22.70% | 3,358 8.33% |
| Venice | 82,587 66.96% | 29,400 23.84% | 11,343 9.20% |
| Verona | 82,193 69.78% | 25,622 21.75% | 9,977 8.47% |
| Vicenza | 34,163 67.31% | 12,251 24.14% | 4,339 8.55% |

### Turnout

| Region | Time | Time | Time | Time |
| Region | 20 Sep | 20 Sep | 20 Sep | 21 Sep |
| Region | 12:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 | 15:00 |
| Veneto | 14.73% | 35.55% | 46.13% | 61.14% |
| Province | Time | Time | Time | Time |
| Province | 20 Sep | 20 Sep | 20 Sep | 21 Sep |
| Province | 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 |||||