# 2002 Gela municipal council election

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

DEM.SIN-SDI won 15 of the 30 seats, with 53.3% of the vote.

> 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. Seats are the council seats the open data gives each list. They do not include the mayor, or defeated candidates for mayor who took a seat on the council.

Seats: DEM.SIN-SDI 15, FI 6, UDC 4, AN 2, PdCI 2, and New PSI 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Forza Italia | 7,146 | 17.2% | 6 | Won |
| Union of the Centre | 4,426 | 10.6% | 4 | Won |
| National Alliance | 2,742 | 6.6% | 2 | Won |
| Party of Italian Communists | 2,543 | 6.1% | 2 | Won |
| New PSI | 1,113 | 2.7% | 1 | Won |
| Italian Republican Party | 1,056 | 2.5% |  |  |
| Communist Refoundation Party | 389 | 0.9% |  |  |
| DEM.SIN-SDI | 22,158 | 53.3% | 15 | Won |

Valid votes: 41,573

Turnout: 71.7% (45,198 of 63,047 registered)

## This race in other years

- May 26, 2002: Forza Italia, DEM.SIN-SDI, DL.LA MARGHERITA, NUOVA SICILIA, Union of the Centre, National Alliance, Party of Italian Communists, PRIMAVERA, LIBERALSOCIALISTI, New PSI
- [May 24, 1998](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gela/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Democrats of the Left, PPI (POP), Forza Italia, Communist Refoundation Party, Italian Renewal, LIB-CDU-CDR PER UDR, CENTRO CRIST.DEM., National Alliance, LA RETE-F.VERDI, CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), SOCIALISTI DEM.

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

- [2002 Gela mayoral election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gela/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.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 Gela

- [2002 Gela mayoral election, first round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gela/2002-05-26-local/sindaco.md)
- 2002 Gela municipal council election

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