# 2008 Gioia del Colle mayoral election, first round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Gioia del Colle](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/gioia-del-colle.md), April 13, 2008

Pietro Longo led with 43.71% of the vote, 0.86 points ahead of Vito Ludovico.

> 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, April 13, 2008

- Pietro Longo, 43.7% (Advanced)
- Vito Ludovico, 42.8% (Advanced)
- Filippo Donvito, 9.0%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/gioia-del-colle/2008-04-27-runoff/sindaco.md), April 27, 2008

- Pietro Longo, 54.3% (Elected)
- Vito Ludovico, 45.7%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pietro Longo | 8,252 | 43.7% | Advanced |
| Vito Ludovico | 8,090 | 42.8% | Advanced |
| Filippo Donvito | 1,706 | 9.0% |  |
| Michele Pavone | 832 | 4.4% |  |

Valid votes: 18,880

Turnout: 82.1% (19,572 of 23,838 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 6, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/gioia-del-colle/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.md): Sergio Povia, 61.3%
- April 13, 2008: Pietro Longo, 54.3%
- [June 12, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/gioia-del-colle/2004-06-12-local/sindaco.md): Vito Mastrovito, 56.5%
- [June 13, 1999](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/gioia-del-colle/1999-06-13-local/sindaco.md): Sergio Povia, 79.6%
- [April 23, 1995](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/gioia-del-colle/1995-04-23-local/sindaco.md): Sergio Povia, 56.8%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on April 13, 2008

- [Gioia del Colle municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/gioia-del-colle/2008-04-13-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2008-04-13-local.md) (844)

## 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 Gioia del Colle

- 2008 Gioia del Colle mayoral election, first round
- [2008 Gioia del Colle municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/gioia-del-colle/2008-04-13-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/gioia-del-colle/2008-04-13-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/gioia-del-colle/2008-04-13-local/sindaco.json.