# 2012 Castellana Grotte mayoral election, first round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Castellana Grotte](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte.md), May 6, 2012

Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto led with 44.0% of the vote, 5.9 points ahead of Francesco Tricase.

> 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, May 6, 2012

- Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto, 44.0% (Advanced)
- Francesco Tricase, 38.1% (Advanced)
- Vito D'Alessandro, 11.9%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2012-05-20-runoff/sindaco.md), May 20, 2012

- Francesco Tricase, 56.7% (Elected)
- Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto, 43.3%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto | 5,715 | 44.0% | Advanced |
| Francesco Tricase | 4,943 | 38.1% | Advanced |
| Vito D'Alessandro | 1,549 | 11.9% |  |
| Mercedes Maria Lanzilotta | 776 | 6.0% |  |

Valid votes: 12,983

Turnout: 75.3% (13,365 of 17,756 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 6, 2012: 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](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): 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 6, 2012

- [Castellana Grotte municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2012-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2012-05-06-local.md) (1,534)

## 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

- 2012 Castellana Grotte mayoral election, first round
- [2012 Castellana Grotte municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2012-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2012-05-06-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.json.