Popular Support
The party has its stongholds in the provinces of the Pedemontana (40–50% of the vote), thus the area at the foot of the Venetian Prealps, and in mountain areas (especially in Lessinia, 45–55%). In the 2010 regional election the party did well in most of the region, but had its best results in Luca Zaia's province of Treviso (48.5%). Treviso was followed by Vicenza (38.1%), Verona (36.1%), Belluno (32.8%), Padua (31.4%), Venice (26.1%) and Rovigo (22.7%). The party's urban strongholds were in the cities of Treviso (35.4%), Schio (34.8%), San Donà di Piave (32.8%), Bassano del Grappa (31.2%), Verona (30.4%) and Vicenza (26.1%).
The electoral results of Liga Veneta in Veneto since 1990 are shown in the table below.
| 1990 regional | 1992 general | 1994 general | 1995 regional | 1996 general | 1999 European | 2000 regional | 2001 general | 2004 European | 2005 regional | 2006 general | 2008 general | 2009 European | 2010 regional |
| 7.8 | 17.8 | 21.6 | 16.7 | 29.3 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 10.2 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 11.1 | 27.1 | 28.4 | 35.2 |
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