# 2026 Corato mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Corato](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato.md), May 24, 2026

Corrado Nicola De Benedittis won with 55.6% of the vote, 21.0 points ahead of Pietro Zona.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Corrado Nicola De Benedittis | 15,510 | 55.6% | Elected |
| Pietro Zona | 9,652 | 34.6% |  |
| Nica Testino | 2,400 | 8.6% |  |
| Vincenzo Adduci | 333 | 1.2% |  |

Valid votes: 27,895

Turnout: 66.0% (28,668 of 43,462 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 24, 2026: Corrado Nicola De Benedittis, 55.6%
- [May 26, 2013](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato/2013-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Renato Bucci, 55.8%
- [April 13, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato/2008-04-13-local/sindaco.md): Luigi Perrone, 74.6%
- [May 25, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato/2003-05-25-local/sindaco.md): Luigi Perrone, 61.9%
- [April 16, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato/2000-04-16-local/sindaco.md): Ruggiero Maria Fiore, 63.4%
- [April 27, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato/1997-04-27-local/sindaco.md): Luigi Di Gennaro, 54.4%
- [June 6, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato/1993-06-06-local/sindaco.md): Luigi Di Gennaro, 62.4%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 24, 2026

- [Corato municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato/2026-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2026-05-24-local.md) (1,318)

## 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 Corato

- 2026 Corato mayoral election
- [2026 Corato municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato/2026-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato/2026-05-24-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/corato/2026-05-24-local/sindaco.json.