# 2008 Bitonto mayoral election, first round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Bitonto](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto.md), April 13, 2008

Raffaele Valla led with 43.0% of the vote, 9.3 points ahead of Giovanni Rossiello.

> 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. No candidate won an absolute majority, so the top two went to a runoff on the second Sunday after (TUEL art. 72); the runoff date is that rule's, as the open data gives only the first round's date.

## Rounds

### Round 1, April 13, 2008

- Raffaele Valla, 43.0% (Advanced)
- Giovanni Rossiello, 33.7% (Advanced)
- Francesco Scauro, 7.9%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/2008-04-27-runoff/sindaco.md), April 27, 2008

- Raffaele Valla, 60.9% (Elected)
- Giovanni Rossiello, 39.1%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Raffaele Valla | 15,326 | 43.0% | Advanced |
| Giovanni Rossiello | 12,019 | 33.7% | Advanced |
| Francesco Scauro | 2,811 | 7.9% |  |
| Filippo D'Acciò | 1,903 | 5.3% |  |
| Vito Palmieri | 1,789 | 5.0% |  |
| Arcangelo Morea | 1,012 | 2.8% |  |
| Giuseppe Cannito | 417 | 1.2% |  |
| Pasquale Bacco | 338 | 0.9% |  |

Valid votes: 35,615

Turnout: 81.1% (37,018 of 45,641 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 6, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.md): Michele Abbaticchio, 65.4%
- April 13, 2008: Raffaele Valla, 60.9%
- [May 25, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/2003-05-25-local/sindaco.md): Nicola Pice, 58.1%
- [November 29, 1998](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/1998-11-29-local/sindaco.md): Nicola Pice, 53.8%
- [November 20, 1994](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/1994-11-20-local/sindaco.md): Umberto Kuhtz, 64.2%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on April 13, 2008

- [Bitonto municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/2008-04-13-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2008-04-13-local.md) (844)

## 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

- 2008 Bitonto mayoral election, first round
- [2008 Bitonto municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/2008-04-13-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/2008-04-13-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/bitonto/2008-04-13-local/sindaco.json.