# 2002 Ceglie Messapica mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Ceglie Messapica](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/ceglie-messapica.md), May 26, 2002

Mario Annese won with 51.6% of the vote, 13.8 points ahead of Pietro Mita.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mario Annese | 7,131 | 51.6% | Elected |
| Pietro Mita | 5,227 | 37.8% |  |
| Rocco Cavallo | 1,106 | 8.0% |  |
| Antonio Pepe | 347 | 2.5% |  |

Valid votes: 13,811

Turnout: 75.1% (14,270 of 19,003 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 24, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/ceglie-messapica/2026-05-24-local/sindaco.md): Angelo Palmisano, 67.2%
- [March 28, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/ceglie-messapica/2010-03-28-local/sindaco.md): Luigi Caroli, 50.3%
- [April 3, 2005](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/ceglie-messapica/2005-04-03-local/sindaco.md): Pietro Federico, 66.1%
- May 26, 2002: Mario Annese, 51.6%
- [June 13, 1999](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/ceglie-messapica/1999-06-13-local/sindaco.md): Pietro Magno, 53.4%
- [April 23, 1995](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/ceglie-messapica/1995-04-23-local/sindaco.md): Pietro Mita, 53.5%
- [November 21, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/ceglie-messapica/1993-11-21-local/sindaco.md): Pietro Mita, 66.7%

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

- [Ceglie Messapica municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/ceglie-messapica/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 Ceglie Messapica

- 2002 Ceglie Messapica mayoral election
- [2002 Ceglie Messapica municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/ceglie-messapica/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

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