# 1996 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), June 23, 1996

Gaetano Detto Mimmo De Cosmo won with 54.8% of the vote, 9.7 points ahead of Ippazio Stefano.

> 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/1996-06-09-local/sindaco.md), June 9, 1996

- Gaetano Detto Mimmo De Cosmo, 49.6% (Advanced)
- Ippazio Stefano, 45.8% (Advanced)
- Nicola Tagliente, 2.7%

### Second round, June 23, 1996

- Gaetano Detto Mimmo De Cosmo, 54.8% (Elected)
- Ippazio Stefano, 45.2%

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

Valid votes: 110,900

Turnout: 63.4% (112,934 of 178,234 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: Gaetano Detto Mimmo De Cosmo, 54.8%
- [December 5, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/1993-12-05-runoff/sindaco.md): Giancarlo Cito, 52.6%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on June 23, 1996

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1996-06-09-local.md) (24)

## 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/1996-06-23-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/1996-06-23-runoff/sindaco.json.