Six regions to vote in autumn: from Marche to Veneto possible dates
It starts in the Marche at the end of September. In October Tuscany. Perhaps in November Veneto and Campania. That is if the government does not insist on an election day, which is unlikely at the moment.
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With the hypothesis of a third term of office filed away for the governors of Veneto Luca Zaia and Campania Vincenzo De Luca, the game of candidates for the regional elections in the autumn has officially opened. Six regions will go to the vote (Campania, Marche, Puglia, Tuscany, Valle D'Aosta, Veneto). At the moment there is no agreement to vote on a single date. For Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, 'a shared election day for the regional elections would be desirable', but, he admitted, 'obviously this decision is left to the autonomy of the individual regions'.
The final scuttling of the third term, with Fratelli d'Italia and Forza Italia also voting against the League's amendment, took place in the Senate's Constitutional Affairs Committee. This was followed by the rapid filing in the Conference of the Regions of Zaia and De Luca's plan B, also supported by the president of the Conference and governor of Friuli Venezia Giulia: that is, a postponement of the autumn regional elections to the spring of 2026 on the grounds that otherwise there would be no time to conclude and secure the projects linked to the Pnrr.
Tuscany towards the vote in October
A proposal, the latter, which has fallen by the wayside in the face of the lack of convergence of all. And to the open hostility of Tuscany's Dem governor Eugenio Giani, who announced the signing of the decree for the vote on 12 or 19 October 2025. Giani is still waiting for the official green light to run for re-election. It is no mystery that the Dem secretary Elly Schlein would like a man (or a woman) of her closest trust at the head of the most secure region for the PD, but it is also true that replacing Giani is politically complicated and that a strong alternative candidature does not exist. As for the centre-right, the most likely name at the moment is that of the Fdi mayor of Pistoia Alessandro Tomasi. The other names on the track are those of Elena Meini (group leader of the League in the regional council) and Marco Stella (group leader of Forza Italia, also in the regional council).
Marche first region to go to the polls
But the first region to be called to vote will be Marche. "The electoral campaign starts in August. The vote will be in September, either on the 21st or 28th,' said outgoing governor Francesco Acquaroli (Fdi). Marche is the only region where the candidates have been made official. Matteo Ricci, former mayor of Pesaro and now a PD Euro MP, will challenge Acquaroli. Ricci should soon close the programme agreement of the centre-left alliance, M5s c0mpreso. In a region that the centre-left is aiming to wrest from the centre-right.
The case of Veneto
.The next regional elections in Veneto, according to the indications provided by the Council of State, must be held 'by 20 November'. 'We have an electoral window that allows us to hold the first convocation on 21 September,' said outgoing governor Luca Zaia, who was aiming for a derogation to inaugurate the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in January, 'but I would rule it out because it would really mean bringing the turnout to the polls very low. So we will go to vote between October and November. I haven't really understood if there is a proposal for an election day, so it's all to be understood'. In Veneto, the Carroccio has put its foot down: 'Zaia's successor must be a Legazi,' is the mantra. Premier Giorgia Meloni is unlikely to impose her own candidate. The designated candidate is Alberto Stefani, Matteo Salvini's deputy but also on excellent terms with Zaia himself, who would support him with a civic list in his name.
