Legislative Assembly of Marche

The Legislative Assembly of Marche (Italian: Assemblea Legislativa delle Marche) is the regional council, hence the regional legislative authority, of Marche. It changed its name into "Legislative Assembly" in 2004.^[1]

Legislative Assembly of Marche Assemblea Legislativa delle Marche
12th Legislature
Type
Type	Regional council Unicameral
Established	6 July 1970
Leadership
President	Dino Latini, UDC since 19 October 2020
Structure
Seats	31
Political groups	Government (20)   FdI (11)   Lega (3)   FI (3)   UDC (1)   MAP (1)   Acquaroli List (1) Opposition (11)   PD (7)   Ricci List (2)   M5S (1)   AVS (1)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Party-list semi-proportional representation with majority bonus D'Hondt method
Last election	28–29 September 2025
Meeting place
Palazzo delle Marche, Ancona
Website
consiglio.marche.it

It was first elected in 1970, when the ordinary regions were instituted, on the basis of the Constitution of Italy of 1948.

Composition

The Legislative Assembly of Marche is composed of 31 members, of which 29 are elected in provincial constituencies with proportional representation, one is for the candidate for President who comes second, who usually becomes the leader of the opposition in the Assembly, and one is for the elected President.

The Assembly is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt vel simul cadent clause (introduced in 1999), also the Assembly will be dissolved and there will be a snap election.^[2]

The Assembly was originally composed of 40 regional councillors. Following the decree-law n. 138 of 13 August 2011, the number of regional councillors was reduced to 30, with an additional seat reserved for the President of the Region.

Political groups

The Legislative Assembly of Marche is currently composed of the following political groups:^[3]

Party		Seats	Status
	Brothers of Italy (FdI)	11 / 31	In government
	Democratic Party (PD)	7 / 31	In opposition
	Lega	3 / 31	In government
	Forza Italia (FI)	3 / 31	In government
	Ricci for President	2 / 31	In opposition
	Five Star Movement (M5S)	1 / 31	In opposition
	Marchigiani for Acquaroli for President (MAP)	1 / 31	In government
	Acquaroli for President	1 / 31	In government
	Union of the Centre (UDC)	1 / 31	In government
	Greens and Left Alliance (AVS)	1 / 31	In opposition

By coalition:

Coalition		Seats	Status
	Centre-right coalition	20 / 31	Government
	Centre-left coalition	11 / 31	Opposition

Historical composition

Election	DC	PCI	PSI	PLI	PRI	PSDI	MSI	Others	Total
7 June 1970	17	14	3	1	1	2	1	1	40
15 June 1975	16	15	4	-	1	2	1	1	40
8 June 1980	16	15	4	1	1	1	1	1	40
12 May 1985	15	15	4	1	1	1	2	1	40
6 May 1990	15	13	5	1	1	1	1	3	40

Election	Majority	Opposition	Council	President of the Region
23 April 1995	Centre-left (The Olive Tree) 26 / 40	Centre-right (Pole for Freedoms) 12 / 40 PPI 2 / 40		Vito D'Ambrosio (1995–2005)
16 April 2000	Centre-left (The Olive Tree) 24 / 40	Centre-right (House of Freedoms) 16 / 40
3 April 2005	Centre-left (The Union) 24 / 40	Centre-right (House of Freedoms) 16 / 40		Gian Mario Spacca (2005–2015)
28 March 2010	Centre-left 26 / 43	Centre-right 15 / 43 FdS 2 / 43
31 May 2015	Centre-left 19 / 31	M5S 5 / 31 Lega–FdI 4 / 31 FI–NCD 3 / 31		Luca Ceriscioli (2015–2020)
20 September 2020	Centre-right 20 / 31	Centre-left 9 / 31 M5S 2 / 31		Francesco Acquaroli (since 2020)
28 September 2025	Centre-right 20 / 31	Centre-left 11 / 31

Presidents

This is a list of the Presidents of the Legislativa Assembly (Italian: Presidenti dell'Assemblea Legislativa):

Name		Period		Regional Legislature
	Walter Tulli (DC)	6 July 1970	14 July 1975	I (1970)
	Renato Bastianelli (PCI)	14 July 1975	24 July 1980	II (1975)
	Elio Capodaglio (PSI)	24 July 1980	18 November 1980	III (1980)
	Rodolfo Giampaoli (DC)	18 November 1980	31 July 1985
		31 July 1985	10 July 1990	IV (1985)
	Giancarlo Scriboni (PSI)	10 July 1990	10 November 1992	V (1990)
	Alighiero Nuciari (PLI)	10 November 1992	13 November 1994
	Franco Paoletti (PPI)	13 November 1994	12 June 1995
	Silvana Amati (PDS)	12 June 1995	29 May 2000	VI (1995)
	Luigi Minardi (DS)	29 May 2000	2 May 2005	VII (2000)
		2 May 2005	24 July 2006	VIII (2005)
	Raffaele Bucciarelli (FdS)	24 July 2006	19 April 2010
	Vittoriano Solazzi (PD)	19 April 2010	22 June 2015	IX (2010)
	Antonio Mastrovincenzo (PD)	22 June 2015	19 October 2020	X (2015)
	Dino Latini (UDC)	19 October 2020	Incumbent	XI (2020)

See also

• Regional council
• Politics of Marche
• President of Marche