# 2002 Palau mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sardegna](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna.md) / [Palau](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/palau.md), May 26, 2002

Sebastiano Mario Pirredda won with 57.7% of the vote, 15.3 points ahead of Peppino Colombo.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sebastiano Mario Pirredda | 1,350 | 57.7% | Elected |
| Peppino Colombo | 991 | 42.3% |  |

Valid votes: 2,341

Turnout: 83.5% (2,379 of 2,850 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 26, 2013](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/palau/2013-05-26-local/sindaco.md): Francesco Pala, 64.7%
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/palau/2007-05-27-local/sindaco.md): Pietro Cuccu, 45.4%
- May 26, 2002: Sebastiano Mario Pirredda, 57.7%
- [November 16, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/palau/1997-11-16-local/sindaco.md): Sebastiano Mario Pirredda, 58.9%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 26, 2002

- [Palau municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/palau/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md)
- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2002-05-26-local.md) (1,890)

## 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 Palau

- 2002 Palau mayoral election
- [2002 Palau municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/palau/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/palau/2002-05-26-local/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/sardegna/palau/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.json.