# 2012 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), May 6, 2012

Ippazio Stefàno led with 49.5% of the vote, 30.6 points ahead of Mario Cito.

> 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, May 6, 2012

- Ippazio Stefàno, 49.5% (Advanced)
- Mario Cito, 18.9% (Advanced)
- Angelo Bonelli, 11.9%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2012-05-20-runoff/sindaco.md), May 20, 2012

- Ippazio Stefàno, 69.7% (Elected)
- Mario Cito, 30.3%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ippazio Stefàno | 51,053 | 49.5% | Advanced |
| Mario Cito | 19,518 | 18.9% | Advanced |
| Angelo Bonelli | 12,277 | 11.9% |  |
| Filippo Condemi | 7,329 | 7.1% |  |
| Dante Capriulo | 3,965 | 3.8% |  |
| Massimiliano Di Cuia | 2,607 | 2.5% |  |
| Alessandro Furnari | 2,155 | 2.1% |  |
| Cosimo Detto Mimmo Festinante | 1,834 | 1.8% |  |
| Patrizio Mazza | 1,201 | 1.2% |  |
| Felicia Bitritto | 640 | 0.6% |  |
| Luigi Albisinni | 497 | 0.5% |  |

Valid votes: 103,076

Turnout: 62.4% (108,363 of 173,530 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: 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](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 May 6, 2012

- [Taranto municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2012-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2012-05-06-local.md) (1,534)

## 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

- 2012 Taranto mayoral election, first round
- [2012 Taranto municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2012-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2012-05-06-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/taranto/2012-05-06-local/sindaco.json.