# 2001 Laterza mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Laterza](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/laterza.md), May 13, 2001

Giuseppe Cristella won with 40.3% of the vote, 2.8 points ahead of Vito Cassano.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giuseppe Cristella | 4,087 | 40.3% | Elected |
| Vito Cassano | 3,800 | 37.5% |  |
| Vito Di Lena | 2,065 | 20.4% |  |
| Vito Sannelli | 180 | 1.8% |  |

Valid votes: 10,132

Turnout: 85.8% (10,480 of 12,221 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 24, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/laterza/2026-05-24-local/sindaco.md): Giuseppe Cristella, 44.3%
- [May 15, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/laterza/2011-05-15-local/sindaco.md): Gianfranco Lopane, 56.8%
- [May 28, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/laterza/2006-05-28-local/sindaco.md): Giuseppe Cristella, 57.9%
- May 13, 2001: Giuseppe Cristella, 40.3%
- [April 27, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/laterza/1997-04-27-local/sindaco.md): Vito Cassano, 48.6%
- [November 21, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/laterza/1993-11-21-local/sindaco.md): Antonio Vito Di Lena, 33.0%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 13, 2001

- [Laterza municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/laterza/2001-05-13-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2001-05-13-local.md) (2,528)

## 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 Laterza

- 2001 Laterza mayoral election
- [2001 Laterza municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/laterza/2001-05-13-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/laterza/2001-05-13-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/laterza/2001-05-13-local/sindaco.json.