# 2026 Lucera mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Lucera](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/lucera.md), May 24, 2026

Giuseppe Pitta won with 53.3% of the vote, 22.1 points ahead of Vincenzo Checchia.

> 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 Pitta | 8,501 | 53.3% | Elected |
| Vincenzo Checchia | 4,976 | 31.2% |  |
| Nicola Di Battista | 2,474 | 15.5% |  |

Valid votes: 15,951

Turnout: 60.8% (16,434 of 27,033 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 24, 2026: Giuseppe Pitta, 53.3%
- [June 7, 2009](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/lucera/2009-06-07-local/sindaco.md): Pasquale Dotoli, 64.3%
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/lucera/2007-05-27-local/sindaco.md): Vincenzo Morlacco, 50.9%
- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/lucera/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Giuseppe Labbate, 61.5%
- [November 29, 1998](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/lucera/1998-11-29-local/sindaco.md): Domenico Bonghi, 53.4%
- [November 20, 1994](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/lucera/1994-11-20-local/sindaco.md): Domenico Bonghi, 65.5%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 24, 2026

- [Lucera municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/lucera/2026-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2026-05-24-local.md) (1,318)

## 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 Lucera

- 2026 Lucera mayoral election
- [2026 Lucera municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/lucera/2026-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/lucera/2026-05-24-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/lucera/2026-05-24-local/sindaco.json.