2025 Valdostan regional election

2025 Valdostan regional election
Aosta Valley
28 September 2025
All 35 seats to the Regional Council of Aosta Valley
Party Leader Current seats
Valdostan Union Joël Farcoz 11
Lega Vallée d'Aoste Andrea Manfrin 6
Democratic Party Paolo Cretier 5
Valdostan Rally Stefano Aggravi 5
Forza Italia Pierluigi Marquis 3
Progressive Civic Project Erika Guichardaz 2
For Autonomy Cristina Camandona 2
Edelweiss Carlo Marzi 1
Incumbent President
Renzo Testolin
Valdostan Union
Politics of Aosta Valley

The 2025 Valdostan regional election is scheduled to take place on 28 September 2025 in Aosta Valley, Italy.[1] The election is part of the wider 2025 Italian regional elections.

Electoral law

The Regional Council of Aosta Valley (Italian: Consiglio regionale della Valle d'Aosta, French: Conseil de la Vallée) is composed by 35 members. The Council is elected for a five-year term. There is only one regional constituency. The President of Aosta Valley is elected by the Council. The electoral law was recently changed by the L.R. 16/2017 and the L.R. 9/2019.[2]

The election of the Regional Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate and it is possible to express only one preference for the list. If a single party list or a coalition of party lists gets more than 42% of valid votes cast, it is assigned a majority bonus of 21 seats. If no one reaches this threshold, the seats are determined proportionally. For the proportional allocation there are two thresholds: given the largest remainder method by dividing the valid votes cast for all lists and the seats to be assigned, if a party list doesn't reach the minimum quota required, the party list is excluded to the allocation of the seats. However, if a party list gets only one seat during the first allocation of seats, it is excluded and its seat is reallocated.[3]

Background

In the 2020 regional election, the Valdostan Union (UV) was reduced to 15.8%, its second worst result ever, while the LNVdA came a stronger first. However, after the election, UV leader Erik Lavévaz formed a government composed of the PD, Civic Network (RC), the Valdostan Alliance (AV), Edelweiss (SA) and Mouv'.[4] Within a year, AV and Mouv' joined forces, while the RC-led Progressive Civic Project (PCP) left the government.[5] In 2023 Testolin formed a new government, which, differently from Lavévaz's, comprised also For Autonomy.[6]

The largest regional party UV decided to not participate in the 2024 European Parliament election citing the electoral system.[7] In late 2023, Mouv' and the AV started a merging process into the UV.[8] In June 2024, at an extraordinary congress of the UV, the reunion was finally approved.[9] In December 2024, Laurent Viérin's Valdostan Pride followed.[10] The Sovereign Aosta Country (PAS) stated that they are open for a coalition.[9] In July 2024, rumors came out of a coalition between SA, Valdostan Rally (RV), For Autonomy and Evolvendo after they rejected the invitation by PAS.[11] In October, these parties alongside Renaissance started negotiations for a "centrist, liberal-democratic and reformist" coalition.[12] In March 2025, PAS announced that they negotiate with UV and did not rule out running as independents on their list[13] and SA, RV and For Autonomy formed "Autonomists of the Centre" endorsed by Esprì and Evolvendo. Renaissance left the coalition for concerns about RV.[14] On 6 August 2025, UV and PAS signed an agreement to run together.[15]

In June 2024, the Centre-right coalition (Lega, FI, FdI, NM, UdC) announced that they plan to run as a coalition.[16] In April 2025, they were joined by Renaissance.[17]

In December, Open VdA (M5S, AD–GA, SI/ADU) announced its intention to run on a joint list.[18] In February 2025, Erika Guichardaz stated that PCP "ceased to exist" and excluded running on a list which goes from RC, via Power to the People to Legambiente.[19] On 22 April 2025, RC announced that they will run with Greens and Left Alliance.[20] Risorgimento Socialista and Communist Refoundation Party joined Open VdA the same day.[21]

Parties

Coalition/Party Main ideology Seats
Valdostan Union (incl. PAS) Regionalism 11
Centre-right coalition Lega Right-wing populism 6
Forza Italia Liberal conservatism 3
Brothers of Italy (incl. NM) Right-wing populism 0
Union of the Centre Christian democracy 0
Renaissance Protection of cultural heritage 0
Autonomists of the Centre (RV, PlA, SA, Az) Christian democracy 8
Progressive Federalists–Democratic Party Social democracy 5
Greens and Left Alliance–Civic Network Eco-socialism 1
Open Aosta Valley (ADGA, M5S, ADU, PRC–RS) Democratic socialism 1
Future Aosta Valley Progressivism 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Regionali e comunali, la Valle d'Aosta al voto il 28 settembre" (in Italian). Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Nuova legge elettorale regionale in vigore dal 20 giugno" (in Italian). ANSA. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Elezioni". Consiglio Regionale della Valle d'Aosta (in Italian). Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Regione, c'è l'accordo. Ecco la nuova Giunta Lavevaz". 19 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Scissione nel PCP, nascono i 'Federalisti Progressisti Pd' - Valle d'Aosta". ANSA. 28 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Consiglio Regionale della Valle d'Aosta - le Legislature dal dopoguerra a oggi".
  7. ^ Silvia Savoye (16 April 2024). "L'Uv ha deciso: nessuna candidatura alla prossime elezioni europee". Aostasera (in Italian). Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Réunion, Alliance e Mouv-Vda Unie: "Accelerare il processo"". aostasera.it. 2 November 2023.
  9. ^ a b "La Réunion è realtà, l'UV verso la nuova presidenza". aostasera.it. 16 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Con 'Orgueil' Laurent Vierin rientra nell'Union Valdotaine". laprimalinea.it (in Italian). 26 December 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Regionali 2025, aperto un tavolo per un polo autonomista moderato" (in Italian). ANSA. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Il Partito democratico chiede chiarezza agli alleati sul quadro politico". aostasera.it (in Italian). 29 October 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Elezioni regionali: Pays d'Aoste Souverain guarda all'Union Valdôtaine". Gazzetta Matin (in Italian). 7 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  14. ^ Gabriele Maestri (26 March 2025). "Valle d'Aosta, il trifoglio degli Autonomisti di Centro". I simboli della discordia (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  15. ^ "Union valdôtaine: accordo con Pas e la lista per le elezioni regionali". bobine.tv (in Italian). 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Centrodestra Vda annuncia, "uniti alle prossime elezioni"" (in Italian). ANSA. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  17. ^ "La Renaissance Valdôtaine si è unita al Centrodestra valdostano". aostasera.it (in Italian). 9 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  18. ^ "VdA Aperta: annuncia la lista per regionali del 2025 e boccia il bilancio". Gazzetta Matin (in Italian). 5 December 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  19. ^ "«Progetto Civico Progressista non esiste più». Regione e Comune, è polemica aperta a sinistra". La Vallée Notizie (in Italian). 19 February 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  20. ^ "Regionali, annunciata la lista Avs-Rete civica" (in Italian). ANSA. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  21. ^ "Valle d'Aosta Aperta si allarga: entrano Rifondazione Comunista e Risorgimento Socialista". aostasera.it (in Italian). 22 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
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