# 2002 Gela mayoral election, first round

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

Giovanni Maria Gaetano Scaglione led with 48.42% of the vote, 0.39 points ahead of Rosario Crocetta.

> 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 26, 2002

- Giovanni Maria Gaetano Scaglione, 48.4% (Advanced)
- Rosario Crocetta, 48.0% (Advanced)
- Aldo Scibona, 3.6%

### [Second round](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gela/2002-06-09-runoff/sindaco.md), June 9, 2002

- Giovanni Maria Gaetano Scaglione, 50.1% (Elected)
- Rosario Crocetta, 49.9%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giovanni Maria Gaetano Scaglione | 20,860 | 48.4% | Advanced |
| Rosario Crocetta | 20,691 | 48.0% | Advanced |
| Aldo Scibona | 1,531 | 3.6% |  |

Valid votes: 43,082

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

## This race in other years

- May 26, 2002: Giovanni Maria Gaetano Scaglione, 50.1%
- [May 24, 1998](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gela/1998-05-24-local/sindaco.md): Francesco Gallo, 53.7%

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

- [Gela municipal council](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/gela/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 Gela

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

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