# 2003 Bitonto municipal council election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Bitonto](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto.md), May 25, 2003

DL.LA MARGHERITA won 14 of the 29 seats, with 42.1% of the vote.

> Results are by municipality, from the Interior Ministry's open data file for this round of municipal elections; where the file reports polling sections, they are summed by municipality. Seats are the council seats the open data gives each list. They do not include the mayor, or defeated candidates for mayor who took a seat on the council.

Seats: DL.LA MARGHERITA 14, DS 5, FI 4, AN 3, UDC 2, and New PSI 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Forza Italia | 5,252 | 16.1% | 4 | Won |
| Democrats of the Left | 4,680 | 14.3% | 5 | Won |
| National Alliance | 3,191 | 9.8% | 3 | Won |
| Union of the Centre | 2,431 | 7.4% | 2 | Won |
| New PSI | 1,729 | 5.3% | 1 | Won |
| Communist Refoundation Party | 563 | 1.7% |  |  |
| Federation of the Greens | 415 | 1.3% |  |  |
| Italian Republican Party | 353 | 1.1% |  |  |
| Party of Italian Communists | 318 | 1.0% |  |  |
| DL.LA MARGHERITA | 13,765 | 42.1% | 14 | Won |

Valid votes: 32,697

Turnout: 80.8% (36,062 of 44,654 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 6, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/2012-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Democratic Party, LABORATORIO, Left, Ecology and Freedom, PARTITO SOCIALISTA ITALIANO, MICHELE ABBATICCHIO, PROGETTO COMUNE, Italy of Values, The People of Freedom, MODERATI - POPOLARI, ALLEANZA DI CENTRO, Union of the Centre, CITTA' DEMOCRATICA
- [April 13, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/2008-04-13-local/consiglio-comunale.md): The People of Freedom, Democratic Party, LISTA CIVICA, New PSI, LISTA CIVICA, Union of the Centre, Italy of Values, PARTITO SOCIALISTA, LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA
- May 25, 2003: DL.LA MARGHERITA, Democrats of the Left, Forza Italia, National Alliance, SDI, CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), Union of the Centre, New PSI, PATTO, U.D.EUR
- [November 29, 1998](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/1998-11-29-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Democrats of the Left, CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), National Alliance, SDI, CENTRO CRIST.DEM., Forza Italia, CDL-ALTRI, PPI (POP), Italian Renewal
- [November 20, 1994](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/1994-11-20-local/consiglio-comunale.md): PDS, LISTA CIVICA, National Alliance, Forza Italia, LISTA CIVICA, Communist Refoundation Party
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Socialist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, LISTA VERDE
- [May 12, 1985](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/1985-05-12-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, MSI DN, Italian Republican Party

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 25, 2003

- [Bitonto mayoral](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/2003-05-25-local/sindaco.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2003-05-25-local.md) (976)

## Sources

- [Eligendo: archivio storico delle elezioni, open data](https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/eligendo/opendata.php), Ministero dell'Interno. License: No license stated. Data that Italian public bodies publish without a license are open by default (art. 52 of the Codice dell'amministrazione digitale).

## On the ballot in Bitonto

- [2003 Bitonto mayoral election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/2003-05-25-local/sindaco.md)
- 2003 Bitonto municipal council election

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