# 2002 Balestrate mayoral election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Balestrate](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/balestrate.md), May 26, 2002

Salvatore Bonaviri won with 42.5% of the vote, 10.8 points ahead of Giovanni Ferro.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Salvatore Bonaviri | 1,679 | 42.5% | Elected |
| Giovanni Ferro | 1,252 | 31.7% |  |
| Tonino Palazzolo | 1,020 | 25.8% |  |

Valid votes: 3,951

Turnout: 60.7% (4,028 of 6,640 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 26, 2002: Salvatore Bonaviri, 42.5%
- [November 30, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/balestrate/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md): Raffaele Tuzzo, 59.7%

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

- [Balestrate municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/balestrate/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 Balestrate

- 2002 Balestrate mayoral election
- [2002 Balestrate municipal council election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/balestrate/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md)

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