# 2002 Belpasso mayoral election

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

Alfio Papale won with 66.8% of the vote, 53.5 points ahead of Antonino Pulvirenti.

> 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alfio Papale | 8,801 | 66.8% | Elected |
| Antonino Pulvirenti | 1,756 | 13.3% |  |
| Gaetano Sava | 1,416 | 10.7% |  |
| Alfio Testa | 529 | 4.0% |  |
| Giuseppe Testa | 387 | 2.9% |  |
| Salvatore Leonardi | 285 | 2.2% |  |

Valid votes: 13,174

Turnout: 81.2% (13,845 of 17,041 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 26, 2002: Alfio Papale, 66.8%
- [November 30, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/belpasso/1997-11-30-local/sindaco.md): Rosario Spina, 55.4%

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

- [Belpasso municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/belpasso/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 Belpasso

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

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