Politics of Aosta Valley

The politics of Aosta Valley, Italy, have since 1946 taken place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, whereby the president of Aosta Valley has been the head of government, and of a pluralistic multi-party system. The regional government has exercised legislative power, vested in both the government and the Regional Council of Aosta Valley.

Executive branch

The regional government (Italian: Giunta Regionale, French: Junte régionale) executive power has been presided^[when?] by the president of the region (Italian: Presidente della Regione, French: Président de la région) and has been composed by the president and the assessors (Italian: Assessori, French: Assesseurs), who are currently 7.^[1]

List of presidents

Presidents of the Aosta Valley region
President		Party	Term	Legislature
	Federico Chabod	Action Party	10 January 1946 – 24 October 1946	Provisional
	Severino Caveri	Valdostan Union	24 October 1946 – 20 May 1949	Provisional
	Severino Caveri	Valdostan Union	20 May 1949 – 8 December 1954	I Legislature
	Vittorino Bondaz	Christian Democracy	8 December 1954 – 16 June 1959	II Legislature
	Oreste Marcoz	Valdostan Union	16 June 1959 – 24 November 1963	III Legislature
	Severino Caveri	Valdostan Union	24 November 1963 – 30 May 1966	IV Legislature
	Cesare Bionaz	Christian Democracy	30 May 1966 1966 – 20 May 1968	IV Legislature
	Cesare Bionaz	Christian Democracy	20 May 1968 – 1 July 1969	V Legislature
	Mauro Bordon	Christian Democracy	1 July 1969 – 7 April 1970
	Cesare Dujany	Popular Democrats	7 April 1970 – 19 July 1973
	Cesare Dujany	Popular Democrats	19 July 1973 – 15 November 1974	VI Legislature
	Mario Andrione	Valdostan Union	20 December 1974 – 18 July 1978	VI Legislature
			18 July 1978 – 20 July 1983	VII Legislature
			20 July 1983 – 4 January 1984	VIII Legislature
	Augusto Rollandin	Valdostan Union	4 January 1984 – 26 July 1988	VIII Legislature
	Augusto Rollandin	Valdostan Union	26 July 1988 – 25 June 1990	IX Legislature
	Gianni Bondaz	Christian Democracy	25 June 1990 – 3 June 1992
	Ilario Lanivi	Independent Autonomists	3 June 1992 – 29 June 1993
	Dino Viérin	Valdostan Union	29 June 1993 – 29 June 1998	X Legislature
	Dino Viérin	Valdostan Union	29 June 1998 – 18 December 2002	XI Legislature
	Roberto Louvin	Valdostan Union	18 December 2002 – 7 July 2003	XI Legislature
	Carlo Perrin	Valdostan Union	7 July 2003 – 4 July 2005	XII Legislature
	Luciano Caveri	Valdostan Union	4 July 2005 – 30 June 2008	XII Legislature
	Augusto Rollandin	Valdostan Union	30 June 2008 – 30 June 2013	XIII Legislature
	Augusto Rollandin	Valdostan Union	30 June 2013 – 10 March 2017	XIV Legislature
	Pierluigi Marquis	Edelweiss	10 March 2017 – 11 October 2017
	Laurent Viérin	Progressive Valdostan Union	11 October 2017 – 27 June 2018
	Nicoletta Spelgatti	Aosta Valley League	27 June 2018 – 10 December 2018	XV Legislature
	Antonio Fosson	For Our Valley	10 December 2018 – 16 December 2019
	Renzo Testolin	Valdostan Union	16 December 2019 – 21 October 2020
	Erik Lavévaz	Valdostan Union	21 October 2020 – 25 January 2023	XVI Legislature
	Renzo Testolin	Valdostan Union	2 March 2023 – present	XVI Legislature

Source: Regional Government of Aosta Valley – Governments since 1946

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Aosta Valley (Italian: Consiglio regionale della Valle d'Aosta, French: Conseil de la Vallée) is composed of 35 members. The council is elected for a five-year term. Its president since October 2020 is Alberto Bertin, Democratic Party.

Political parties and elections

Latest regional election

2020 Valdostan regional election results
Parties		Votes	%	Seats

	Lega Vallée d'Aoste	15,837	23.90	11
	Valdostan Union	10,470	15.80	7
	Progressive Civic Project	10,106	15.25	7
	Valdostan Alliance – Edelweiss – Italia Viva	5,880	8.87	4
	United Aosta Valley	5,397	8.14	3
	For Autonomy	4,212	6.36	3
	Forza Italia – Brothers of Italy	3,761	5.68	0
	Renaissance	3,289	4.98	0
	Five Star Movement	2,589	3.91	0
	Sovereign Aosta Valley Country	1,876	2.83	0
	Future Aosta Valley	1,761	2.66	0
	Free Aosta Valley – Animalist Party	1,084	1.64	0

Valid votes		66,283	91.17	–
Blank votes		2,642	3.63	–
Invalid votes		3,777	5.20	–
Total		72,702	100.00	35
Registered voters/turnout		103,127	70.50	–
Source: Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley – Results

Latest general election in Aosta Valley

Chamber of Deputies


Candidate		Party or alliance		Votes	%
	Franco Manes	VdA–CSX	UV	20,763	38.63
	Emily Rini	CDX	FI	16,016	29.80
	Giovanni Girardini	none	Ren	6,398	11.90
	Erika Guichardaz	Open VdA^[a]	AD–GA	5,841	10.87
	Loredana Ronc	ISP	TBA	2,302	4.28
	Loredana De Rosa	UP	TBA	1,375	2.56
	Davide Ianni	UP	PCI	1,051	1.96
Total				53,746	100.00

Valid votes				53,746	90.34
Invalid/blank votes				5,744	9.66
Total votes				59,490	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				98,187	60.59
Source: ^[2]^[3]

Senate


Candidate		Party or alliance		Votes	%
	Nicoletta Spelgatti	CDX	Lega	18,509	34.05
	Patrik Vesan	VdA–CSX	PD	18,282	33.63
	Augusto Rollandin	none	PlA	7,272	13.38
	Daria Pulz	Open VdA^[a]	ADU	5,448	10.02
	Alessandro Bichini	ISP	TBA	1,569	2.89
	Francesco Lucat	UP	PRC	1,311	2.41
	Guglielmo Leray	UP	PCI	1,051	1.93
	Larisa Bargan	Vita	TBA	917	1.69
Total				54,359	100.00

Valid votes				54,359	91.38
Invalid/blank votes				5,131	8.62
Total votes				59,490	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				98,187	60.59
Source: ^[2]^[4]