Regional Council of Aosta Valley
The Regional Council of Aosta Valley is the legislative assembly of the autonomous region of Aosta Valley.
The Council was founded on 29 December 1945 and its first members were selected by the central directions of the parties and approved by the Council of Ministers. The first election of the Council were held instead on 24 April 1949.
Composition
The Regional Council of Aosta Valley 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 changed by the L.R. 16/2017 and the L.R. 9/2019.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.
Political groups
The XVII legislature of the Regional Council is composed as follows: