# 1996 Palo del Colle mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Palo del Colle](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palo-del-colle.md), December 1, 1996

Antonio Schinaia won with 63.0% of the vote, 25.9 points ahead of Giuseppe Dachille.

> 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/palo-del-colle/1996-11-17-local/sindaco.md), November 17, 1996

- Antonio Schinaia, 40.7% (Advanced)
- Giuseppe Dachille, 23.6% (Advanced)
- Giuseppe Mininni Iannuzzi, 21.2%

### Second round, December 1, 1996

- Antonio Schinaia, 63.0% (Elected)
- Giuseppe Dachille, 37.0%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Antonio Schinaia | 5,984 | 63.0% | Elected |
| Giuseppe Dachille | 3,519 | 37.0% |  |

Valid votes: 9,503

Turnout: 56.2% (9,718 of 17,296 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 27, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palo-del-colle/2001-05-27-runoff/sindaco.md): Porzia Maria Mugnolo, 55.7%
- December 1, 1996: Antonio Schinaia, 63.0%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on December 1, 1996

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1996-11-17-local.md) (9)

## 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/palo-del-colle/1996-12-01-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/palo-del-colle/1996-12-01-runoff/sindaco.json.