# 2002 Castellana Grotte mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Castellana Grotte](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte.md), May 26, 2002

Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto won with 71.4% of the vote, 50.8 points ahead of Francesco Longobardi.

> 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. The winner is the candidate the open data marks as elected mayor.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto | 8,883 | 71.4% | Elected |
| Francesco Longobardi | 2,564 | 20.6% |  |
| Domenico Bulzacchelli | 994 | 8.0% |  |

Valid votes: 12,441

Turnout: 81.3% (13,007 of 15,999 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 6, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.md): Francesco Tricase, 56.7%
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2007-05-27-local/sindaco.md): Francesco Tricase, 58.8%
- May 26, 2002: Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto, 71.4%
- [November 16, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/1997-11-16-local/sindaco.md): Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto, 62.2%
- [April 23, 1995](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/1995-04-23-local/sindaco.md): Simone Massimo Leone Pinto, 58.6%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 26, 2002

- [Castellana Grotte municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2002-05-26-local.md) (1,890)

## 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 Castellana Grotte

- 2002 Castellana Grotte mayoral election
- [2002 Castellana Grotte municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2002-05-26-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.json.