# 2012 Gioia del Colle mayoral election, second 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), May 20, 2012

Sergio Povia won with 61.3% of the vote, 22.7 points ahead of Pietro Longo.

> 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/gioia-del-colle/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.md), May 6, 2012

- Sergio Povia, 48.5% (Advanced)
- Pietro Longo, 19.5% (Advanced)
- Enzo Cuscito, 13.3%

### Second round, May 20, 2012

- Sergio Povia, 61.3% (Elected)
- Pietro Longo, 38.7%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sergio Povia | 7,130 | 61.3% | Elected |
| Pietro Longo | 4,493 | 38.7% |  |

Valid votes: 11,623

Turnout: 51.1% (12,332 of 24,122 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 20, 2012: Sergio Povia, 61.3%
- [April 27, 2008](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/gioia-del-colle/2008-04-27-runoff/sindaco.md): Pietro Longo, 54.3%
- [May 7, 1995](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/gioia-del-colle/1995-05-07-runoff/sindaco.md): Sergio Povia, 56.8%

## 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/gioia-del-colle/2012-05-20-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/gioia-del-colle/2012-05-20-runoff/sindaco.json.