# 2002 Palagiano mayoral election

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

Rocco Ressa won with 48.0% of the vote, 18.1 points ahead of Arcangelo Rodolfo Latorrata.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rocco Ressa | 5,150 | 48.0% | Elected |
| Arcangelo Rodolfo Latorrata | 3,205 | 29.9% |  |
| Graziano Giovanni Mellone | 1,785 | 16.6% |  |
| Andrea Lippolis | 590 | 5.5% |  |

Valid votes: 10,730

Turnout: 89.4% (11,016 of 12,325 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 6, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.md): Antonio Tarasco, 61.6%
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano/2007-05-27-local/sindaco.md): Rocco Ressa, 58.1%
- May 26, 2002: Rocco Ressa, 48.0%
- [November 16, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano/1997-11-16-local/sindaco.md): Vincenzo Stellaccio, 31.1%
- [November 21, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano/1993-11-21-local/sindaco.md): Vincenzo Stellaccio, 36.1%

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

- [Palagiano municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano/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 Palagiano

- 2002 Palagiano mayoral election
- [2002 Palagiano municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palagiano/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

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