# 2002 Orta Nova mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Orta Nova](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova.md), June 9, 2002

Michele Antonio Vece won with 52.6% of the vote, 5.3 points ahead of Raffaele De Vitto. Raffaele De Vitto led the first round with 41.5%.

> 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/orta-nova/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md), May 26, 2002

- Raffaele De Vitto, 41.5% (Advanced)
- Michele Antonio Vece, 29.9% (Advanced)
- Francesco Paolo Dipergola, 16.3%

### Second round, June 9, 2002

- Michele Antonio Vece, 52.6% (Elected)
- Raffaele De Vitto, 47.4%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michele Antonio Vece | 4,899 | 52.6% | Elected |
| Raffaele De Vitto | 4,410 | 47.4% |  |

Valid votes: 9,309

Turnout: 70.5% (9,518 of 13,506 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 8, 2025](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova/2025-06-08-runoff/sindaco.md): Domenico Di Vito, 58.6%
- [May 29, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova/2011-05-29-runoff/sindaco.md): Maria Rosaria Detta Iaia Calvio, 53.8%
- [June 11, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova/2006-06-11-runoff/sindaco.md): Giuseppe Moscarella, 54.2%
- June 9, 2002: Michele Antonio Vece, 52.6%
- [June 26, 1994](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova/1994-06-26-runoff/sindaco.md): Giuseppe Moscarella, 69.6%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on June 9, 2002

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2002-05-26-local.md) (73)

## 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/orta-nova/2002-06-09-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orta-nova/2002-06-09-runoff/sindaco.json.