# 2005 Taranto mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [Taranto](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto.md), April 3, 2005

Rossana Di Bello won with 57.9% of the vote, 23.4 points ahead of Ludovico Vico.

> 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.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rossana Di Bello | 76,046 | 57.9% | Elected |
| Ludovico Vico | 45,324 | 34.5% |  |
| Filippo Condemi | 8,103 | 6.2% |  |
| Arturo Masi | 815 | 0.6% |  |
| Giovanni La Gioia | 789 | 0.6% |  |
| Giuseppe Quaranta | 172 | 0.1% |  |
| Alfonso Alfano | 139 | 0.1% |  |

Valid votes: 131,388

Turnout: 77.3% (138,294 of 178,852 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: Rossana Di Bello, 57.9%
- [April 16, 2000](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2000-04-16-local/sindaco.md): 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 3, 2005

- [Taranto municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2005-04-03-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2005-04-03-local.md) (730)

## 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

- 2005 Taranto mayoral election
- [2005 Taranto municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2005-04-03-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2005-04-03-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2005-04-03-local/sindaco.json.