# 2012 Castellana Grotte mayoral election, second 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 20, 2012

Francesco Tricase won with 56.7% of the vote, 13.4 points ahead of Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto. Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto led the first round with 44.0%.

> 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.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.md), May 6, 2012

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

### Second round, May 20, 2012

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

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Francesco Tricase | 6,635 | 56.7% | Elected |
| Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto | 5,063 | 43.3% |  |

Valid votes: 11,698

Turnout: 67.9% (12,048 of 17,756 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 20, 2012: Francesco Tricase, 56.7%
- [June 10, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2007-06-10-runoff/sindaco.md): Francesco Tricase, 58.8%
- [November 30, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/1997-11-30-runoff/sindaco.md): Simone Cosimo Leone Detto Simone Pinto, 62.2%
- [May 7, 1995](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/1995-05-07-runoff/sindaco.md): Simone Massimo Leone Pinto, 58.6%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 20, 2012

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2012-05-06-local.md) (98)

## 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).

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2012-05-20-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/castellana-grotte/2012-05-20-runoff/sindaco.json.