# 1993 Taranto mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Taranto](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto.md), December 5, 1993

Giancarlo Cito won with 52.6% of the vote, 5.2 points ahead of Gaetano Minervini. Gaetano Minervini led the first round with 33.7%.

> 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/taranto/1993-11-21-local/sindaco.md), November 21, 1993

- Gaetano Minervini, 33.7% (Advanced)
- Giancarlo Cito, 30.3% (Advanced)
- Alfengo Carducci, 27.0%

### Second round, December 5, 1993

- Giancarlo Cito, 52.6% (Elected)
- Gaetano Minervini, 47.4%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giancarlo Cito | 61,281 | 52.6% | Elected |
| Gaetano Minervini | 55,222 | 47.4% |  |

Valid votes: 116,503

Turnout: 69.6% (122,324 of 175,806 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 8, 2025](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2025-06-08-runoff/sindaco.md): Pietro Bitetti, 54.7%
- [May 20, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2012-05-20-runoff/sindaco.md): Ippazio Stefàno, 69.7%
- [June 10, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2007-06-10-runoff/sindaco.md): Ippazio Stefàno, 76.3%
- [April 30, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2000-04-30-runoff/sindaco.md): Rossana Di Bello, 57.5%
- [June 23, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/1996-06-23-runoff/sindaco.md): Gaetano Detto Mimmo De Cosmo, 54.8%
- December 5, 1993: Giancarlo Cito, 52.6%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on December 5, 1993

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1993-11-21-local.md) (74)

## 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/taranto/1993-12-05-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/1993-12-05-runoff/sindaco.json.