# 2012 Galatina municipal council election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Galatina](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/galatina.md), May 6, 2012

The Democratic Party won 5 of the 13 seats, with 13.1% of the vote.

> 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. Seats are the council seats the open data gives each list. They do not include the mayor, or defeated candidates for mayor who took a seat on the council.

Seats: PD 5, PARTITO SOCIALISTA ITALIANO 4, IdV 2, PdL 1, and UDC 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Democratic Party | 2,040 | 13.1% | 5 | Won |
| The People of Freedom | 1,721 | 11.1% | 1 | Won |
| Union of the Centre | 1,043 | 6.7% | 1 | Won |
| Italy of Values | 702 | 4.5% | 2 | Won |
| Left, Ecology and Freedom | 234 | 1.5% |  |  |
| PARTITO SOCIALISTA ITALIANO | 9,807 | 63.1% | 4 | Won |

Valid votes: 15,547

Turnout: 69.8% (17,054 of 24,439 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 6, 2012: Democratic Party, RIF.COM-COM.IT, Italy of Values, The People of Freedom, Union of the Centre, GALATINA IN MOVIMENTO, COSIMO MONTAGNA SINDACO
- [March 28, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/galatina/2010-03-28-local/consiglio-comunale.md): The People of Freedom, IO SUD, PARTITO SOCIALISTA ITALIANO, PROGETTO POLIS, Democratic Party, Union of the Centre, I GALATINESI
- [May 28, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/galatina/2006-05-28-local/consiglio-comunale.md): DL.LA MARGHERITA, Democrats of the Left, National Alliance, Forza Italia, Union of the Centre, LA ROSA NEL PUGNO, REP.EUROPEI-ALTRI, I SOCIALISTI, Communist Refoundation Party, CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), LISTA CIVICA
- [May 13, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/galatina/2001-05-13-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Forza Italia, National Alliance, CCD-CDU, Democrats of the Left, PPI (POP), SDI, DEMOCRAZIA EUROPEA, DEM.SOLIDARIETA'
- [April 16, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/galatina/2000-04-16-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Democrats of the Left, National Alliance, Forza Italia, LISTA CIVICA, I DEMOCRATICI, SDI, PPI (POP), CENTRO CRIST.DEM., CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE)
- [June 9, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/galatina/1996-06-09-local/consiglio-comunale.md): National Alliance, CDU, Forza Italia, PDS, PPI (POP), Italian Renewal, INSIEME PER LA CITTA, CENTRO CRIST.DEM.
- [June 6, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/galatina/1993-06-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): LISTA CIVICA, Christian Democracy, PDS, ALLEANZA DEMOCRATICA

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 6, 2012

- [2012 Galatina mayoral election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/galatina/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.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 Galatina

- [2012 Galatina mayoral election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/galatina/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.md)
- 2012 Galatina municipal council election

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