# 1996 Taranto municipal election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Taranto](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto.md), June 9, 1996

Turnout: 132,306 of 178,234 registered voters (74.2%). −4.5 points since 1993.

## [Mayor of Taranto](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/1996-06-23-runoff/sindaco.md)

[First round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/1996-06-09-local/sindaco.md)

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gaetano Detto Mimmo De Cosmo | 60,804 | 54.8% | Elected |
| Ippazio Stefano | 50,096 | 45.2% |  |

## [Taranto Municipal Council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/1996-06-09-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

LEGA D'AZIONE MERID. won 31 of the 38 seats, with 81.0% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LEGA D'AZIONE MERID. | 90,390 | 81.0% | 31 |
| Forza Italia | 9,132 | 8.2% | 4 |
| National Alliance | 6,400 | 5.7% | 2 |
| Communist Refoundation Party | 3,994 | 3.6% | 1 |
| Federation of the Greens | 1,722 | 1.5% |  |

## Contests

- [1996 Taranto mayoral election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/1996-06-09-local/sindaco.md)
- [1996 Taranto municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/1996-06-09-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

## Elections held within this one

- [1996 Taranto municipal election, second round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/1996-06-23-runoff.md), June 23, 1996

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