# 2000 Taranto mayoral election, first round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Taranto](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto.md), April 16, 2000

Rossana Di Bello led with 49.0% of the vote, 10.9 points ahead of Raffaele Valla.

> 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. No candidate won an absolute majority, so the top two went to a runoff on the second Sunday after (TUEL art. 72); the runoff date is that rule's, as the open data gives only the first round's date.

## Rounds

### Round 1, April 16, 2000

- Rossana Di Bello, 49.0% (Advanced)
- Raffaele Valla, 38.1% (Advanced)
- Mario Cito, 7.9%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2000-04-30-runoff/sindaco.md), April 30, 2000

- Rossana Di Bello, 57.5% (Elected)
- Raffaele Valla, 42.5%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rossana Di Bello | 61,252 | 49.0% | Advanced |
| Raffaele Valla | 47,626 | 38.1% | Advanced |
| Mario Cito | 9,891 | 7.9% |  |
| Arturo Messinese | 3,314 | 2.7% |  |
| Francesco Vitanza | 2,378 | 1.9% |  |
| Giuseppe Quaranta | 259 | 0.2% |  |
| Alfonso Alfano | 215 | 0.2% |  |

Valid votes: 124,935

Turnout: 74.1% (132,954 of 179,341 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 25, 2025](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2025-05-25-local/sindaco.md): Pietro Bitetti, 54.7%
- [May 6, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.md): Ippazio Stefàno, 69.7%
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2007-05-27-local/sindaco.md): Ippazio Stefàno, 76.3%
- [April 3, 2005](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2005-04-03-local/sindaco.md): Rossana Di Bello, 57.9%
- April 16, 2000: Rossana Di Bello, 57.5%
- [June 9, 1996](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/1996-06-09-local/sindaco.md): Gaetano Detto Mimmo De Cosmo, 54.8%
- [November 21, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/1993-11-21-local/sindaco.md): Giancarlo Cito, 52.6%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on April 16, 2000

- [Taranto municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2000-04-16-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2000-04-16-local.md) (1,098)

## 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 Taranto

- 2000 Taranto mayoral election, first round
- [2000 Taranto municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2000-04-16-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2000-04-16-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2000-04-16-local/sindaco.json.