# 2002 Latiano mayoral election, first round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Latiano](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/latiano.md), May 26, 2002

Damiano Edmondo Caniglia led with 42.2% of the vote, 18.5 points ahead of Filomeno Montesardi.

> 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, May 26, 2002

- Damiano Edmondo Caniglia, 42.2% (Advanced)
- Filomeno Montesardi, 23.7% (Advanced)
- Vito Santoro, 21.2%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/latiano/2002-06-09-runoff/sindaco.md), June 9, 2002

- Damiano Edmondo Caniglia, 64.2% (Elected)
- Filomeno Montesardi, 35.8%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Damiano Edmondo Caniglia | 4,445 | 42.2% | Advanced |
| Filomeno Montesardi | 2,495 | 23.7% | Advanced |
| Vito Santoro | 2,230 | 21.2% |  |
| Giuseppe Dimastrodonato | 1,372 | 13.0% |  |

Valid votes: 10,542

Turnout: 83.0% (10,767 of 12,970 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 24, 2026](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/latiano/2026-05-24-local/sindaco.md): Angelo Caforio, 74.7%
- [March 28, 2010](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/latiano/2010-03-28-local/sindaco.md): Antonio De Giorgi, 52.1%
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/latiano/2007-05-27-local/sindaco.md): Graziano Zizzi, 58.5%
- May 26, 2002: Damiano Edmondo Caniglia, 64.2%
- [May 24, 1998](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/latiano/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.md): Salvatore D'Ippolito, 58.1%
- [June 12, 1994](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/latiano/1994-06-12-local/sindaco.md): Salvatore D'Ippolito, 64.8%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 26, 2002

- [Latiano municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/latiano/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2002-05-26-local.md) (1,890)

## 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 Latiano

- 2002 Latiano mayoral election, first round
- [2002 Latiano municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/latiano/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/latiano/2002-05-26-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/latiano/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.json.